La Chausse (Michel Ange de) Romanum museum, sive thesaurus eruditae

La Chausse (Michel Ange de) Romanum museum, sive thesaurus eruditae antiquitatis, in quo gemmae, idola, insignia sacerdotalia..., first edition, engraved additional allegorical title, title in red & black with engraved coat-of-arms, engraved portrait, head- & tail-pieces, initials, and 158 plates by Pietro Santo Bartoli, errata leaf at end, lightly browned in parts, with printed corrected text pasted over 3 words on O6 recto, engraved armorial bookplate of Nicolas-Joseph Foucault, Macclesfield copy with small embossed stamp to head of first few leaves and bookplate of North Library, magnificent contemporary red morocco, gilt, with Foucault arms to centre of covers and triple gilt fillets, spine gilt with fleur-de-lys in compartments, g.e., a little rubbed, spine slightly faded, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box with morocco label, folio, Rome, J.J.Komarek, 1690. *** Splendid copy of this impressive collection of antiquities compiled by the French antiquary La Chausse. Nicolas-Joseph Foucault, 1st Marquis de Magny (1643-1721), statesman and book-collector.

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