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GORI Anton Francesco
THESAURUS GEMMARUM ANTIQUARUM ASTRIFERARUM.
Quae e compluribus dactyliothecis selectae aereis tabulis CC. insculptae .. Interprete Jo. Bap. Passerio, cura et studio Ant. Fr. Gori. Ex Officina Typogr. Albiziniana, Florentiae, 1750. In-4 p. (mm. 299x200), primi 2 (su 3) volumi, p. pergamena coeva (con picc. mancanza), tit. oro su due tasselli al dorso, pp. XX,(16) e 200 tavole; pp. XIV,(2),312,(20); bella vignetta incisa ai frontespizi, ornati da numerose e grandi testate e finali inc. in rame che illustrano gemme, e con grandi capilettera e alc. figure xilografate nel t.Nel 1° volume, la lunga dedica a Ioanni Lucae Pallavicino (di pp. 14) è preceduta da una deliziosa antiporta di G. Zocchi: raffigura due amorini che sostengono il globo celeste ed è inquadrata in pregevole cornice figurata (tale cornice è presente in tutte le pagine del testo). Le bellissime tavole che lo illustrano sono 200 e raffigurano gemme scelte dalle più insigni biblioteche, tutte inc. in rame.Nel 2° volume: In tabulas CC. "Thesauri Gemmarum Astriferarum" prolegomena et observationes Ioannis Bapt. Passeri - Adiecta diatribe "De Gemmis Basilidianis" et duabus aliis (De Gemma Christiana Imperatoris Draconem confodientis, I.B. Passeri - De Mercurio sive Fulgeratore, A.F. Gori). Prima edizione di quest'opera dell'archeologo ed etruscologo fiorentino Anton Francesco Gori (1691-1757). Cfr. Cicognara,2869 - Borroni "Bibl. dell'Archeologia Classica",II,(I),423 - Graesse,III,120 - Brunet,II,1670. Esemplare con barbe, molto ben conservato.
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Thesaurus gemmarum antiquarum astriferarum quae e compluribus dactyliothecis selestae aereis tabulis cc. Insculptae observationibus inlustrantur sdiectis parergis adiectis parergis LX atlante farnesiano prolrgomenis diatribis III disertationibus XV [....
Florence, Officina Albiziniana, 1750. Folio. Uniformly bound in three contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Wear to extremities: boards with scratches and missing some of the leather. Upper compartment on vol. 3 missing leather and lower compartment on vol. 2 partly missing leather. Vague dampstain to margins, primarily in vol. 1 and 3, not affecting text or images. (Vol. 1:) XX, (16) pp + 200 numbered plates (184 and 185 on same leaf). (Vol. 2:) XIV, (2), 312, (18) pp. (Vol. 3:) VII, (1), 307 pp. + 8 plates (of which 7 folding). Numerous headpieces and tailpieces and a few initials, every page of the dedication within an engraved border. Complete.
First edition of Gori’s large and lavishly illustrated work on classical cameos. Antonio Francesco was a Florentine antiquarian, a priest in minor orders, provost of the Baptistery of San Giovanni from 1746, and a professor at the Liceo, whose numerous publications of ancient Roman sculpture and antiquities formed part of the repertory on which 18th-century scholarship as well as the artistic movement of neoclassicism were based. In 1735 he was a founding member of a circle of antiquaries and connoisseurs in Florence called the Societa Colombaria, the predecessor of the Accademia Toscana di Scienze e Lettere la Colombaria. He was an international authority on Etruscan history and art and renowned expert in cameos and ancient stones. Cicognara 2869 Graesse III, p.120
