Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750, Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta , MDCCXLV [1745]
- Title(s):
- Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta : quibus Romanorum veterum ritus varii tam sacri quam profani, tum Graecorum atque Aegyptiorum nonnulli illustrantur / Romæ olim maxima ex parte collecta, ac dissertationibus jam singulis instructa, a Conyers Middleton, S.T.P. Academiae Cantabrigiensis Protobibliothecario. His appendicis item loco adjuncta est mumiae Cantabrigiensis descriptio.
- Additional Title(s):
Half-title: Antiquitates Middletonianae
Binder's title: Middleton antiquaritat copy 1 CtY-LW
Binder's title: Antiqu: Middletonianae copy 2 CtY-LW- Published/Created:
- Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox in vico vulgo dicto Ludgate Hill, MDCCXLV [1745]
- Physical Description:
- xii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, XXIII leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsDE57 .M53 1745+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3438445
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Half title on first leaf reads: Antiquitates Middletonianae.
An account of the collection which Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744.
Illustrations by J. Mynde (J. Mynde sculp.).
Engraved title page; engraved head- and tail-pieces.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Advertisements on last leaf.
Errata slip pasted on page 266.
English short title catalogue, T125483
Cicognara, 2491
Dictionary of British and Irish travellers in Italy, 1701-1800. New Haven, Ct. : Yale University Press, 1997, page 658 - Subject Terms:
- Classical antiquities -- Early works to 1800.Classical antiquities.Germany -- Antiquities, Roman.Germany.Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895–1979 -- Ms. notes.Lord Mountgarrett Library -- Bookplate.Middleton, Conyers, 1683–1750.Middleton, Conyers, 1683–1750.Mummies.Mummies.Mummies.Norwood, Thomas Wilkinson, Esq., B.A. -- Autograph, January, 1852.R. Manby et H.S. Cox -- Publisher.Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797.Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797.
- Form/Genre:
- Early works.
Etchings -- 1745.
Engraving -- 1745.
Advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century.
Advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century.
Annotations (Provenance) -- 18th century.
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