Lot 144

Hamilton (Sir William) Collection of Engravings from Ancient Vases Mostly of Pure Greek Workmanship..., 3 vol. only (of 4, as usual), Naples, Wm. Tischbein, 1791-95. 

Hammer Price: £4,200

Description

Hamilton (Sir William) Collection of Engravings from Ancient Vases Mostly of Pure Greek Workmanship..., 3 vol. only (of 4, as usual), first edition, engraved frontispiece to vol. 1, 195 engraved plates on 192 sheets, errata f. at end vol. 1, engraved titles and parallel text in English and French, vol. 1 2E1 with marginal tears and paper repair, vol. 3 plate 9 trimmed within image, few other plates trimmed into border, vol. 2 titles and plates numbered in early ink manuscript, occasional damp-staining or very light spotting, some surface soiling and light browning, ex-library copies with small ink-stamp to lower margin English titles, later half calf, small library sticker to foot of spines, corners worn, rubbed, [Blackmer 778], folio, Naples, Wm. Tischbein, 1791-95.

⁂ A lavishly illustrated work recording Hamilton's second collection, particularly valuable because the ship transporting it to England sank off the Isles of Scilly, losing one third of the collection. An undated supplementary fourth volume was published later, containing plates but no text, but is rarely found with the set. Sets of varying numbers of previously unpublished proof impressions continued to circulate in the 19th century, sometimes referred to as a ‘fifth volume'.

Description

Hamilton (Sir William) Collection of Engravings from Ancient Vases Mostly of Pure Greek Workmanship..., 3 vol. only (of 4, as usual), first edition, engraved frontispiece to vol. 1, 195 engraved plates on 192 sheets, errata f. at end vol. 1, engraved titles and parallel text in English and French, vol. 1 2E1 with marginal tears and paper repair, vol. 3 plate 9 trimmed within image, few other plates trimmed into border, vol. 2 titles and plates numbered in early ink manuscript, occasional damp-staining or very light spotting, some surface soiling and light browning, ex-library copies with small ink-stamp to lower margin English titles, later half calf, small library sticker to foot of spines, corners worn, rubbed, [Blackmer 778], folio, Naples, Wm. Tischbein, 1791-95.

⁂ A lavishly illustrated work recording Hamilton's second collection, particularly valuable because the ship transporting it to England sank off the Isles of Scilly, losing one third of the collection. An undated supplementary fourth volume was published later, containing plates but no text, but is rarely found with the set. Sets of varying numbers of previously unpublished proof impressions continued to circulate in the 19th century, sometimes referred to as a ‘fifth volume'.

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