Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750, Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta , 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):
- Antiquitates Middletonianae
- Published/Created:
- Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox in vico vulgo diceo Ludgate Hill, 1745.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 266, [8] p., 23 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsDE57 .M53 1745+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- 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.
Engraved t.p. and head- and tail-pieces.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Advertisements on last leaf.
Errata slip pasted on p. 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, p. 658 - Subject Terms:
- Classical antiquities -- Early works to 1800.Germany -- Antiquities, Roman.Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979 -- Ms. notes.Lord Mountgarrett Library -- Bookplate.Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750.Mummies.Norwood, Thomas Wilkinson, Esq., B.A. -- Autograph, January, 1852.R. Manby et H.S. Cox -- Publisher.Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Form/Genre:
- Etchings -- 1745.
Engraving -- 1745.
Annotations (Provenance) -- 18th century.
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