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GORI, Antonio Francisco (1691-1757), and others
Museum Florentinum
Florence: Francisco Moücke [and others], 1731-1766. 12 volumes, folio (18 x 13 1/2 inches). 5 half-titles, 9 series titles printed in red and black with an engraved vignette, 12 volume titles printed in black with engraved vignettes, 740 engraved plates only (of 741) after Giovanni Battista Campiglia, Giovanni Domenico Ferretti, Antonio Pazzi and others, by Pazzi and others, numerous head- and tail-pieces and initials. (Lacking plate VIIII in vol.II). Late 18th-century diced russia gilt, the covers with outer border decorated with an attractive floral roll, the flat spines divided into seven compartments with multiple roll tools, lettered in the second, third and fourth compartments, the others decorated with the same roll tool as used on the covers, marbled endpapers. Provenance: John Jefferys Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden (1759-1840, armorial bookplate).
Rarely found complete: a valuable early record of antiquities in Florence.
The majority of this work is taken up with descriptions of pictures and objects in the great Medici collections, which are here described with precision for the first time. It was published over a thirty-five year period, and is presented in four distinct parts. The first is on antique cameos and portraits (Gemmae antiquae ex Thesauro Mediceo et privatorum dactyliothecis florentiae ... Imagines virorum illustrium et deorum. 1731-1732. 2 volumes, with 199 of 200 plates); the second is on antique statues and monuments (Statuae antiquae dorum et virorum illustrium. 1734. 1 volume, with 100 plates); the third is on gold and silver coins (Antiqua numismata aurea et argentea. 1740-1740-1742. 3 volumes, with 121 plates); the fourth consists of biographies of well-known artists, architects, sculptors and engravers (Serie di ritratti degli eccellenti pittori. 1752-1754-1756-1762-1764-1765-1766. 6 volumes [including two supplementary volumes], with 320 portrait plates, the majority after self-portraits).
(including the two supplementary volumes).
Francesco Gori was an antiquary who was particularly well-known for his work on early Etruscan remains. He established the Societa Columbara in Florence, and all his work is distinguished by his conscientious attention to detail. His working methods were influential in the establishment of the science of Archaeology, and in this and other works he presented to a wider audience information about objects that had previously been seen by only a privileged few. His descriptions also betray that he had a lively sense of humour!
Cf. Blackmer 711; Cicognara 3417.
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© 2002-2005 Donald A. Heald
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