Johann Winkelmann - Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums - 1776

Johann Winkelmann

History of Ancient Art

Published after the death of the author ... by the Imperial Royal Academy of Fine Arts. (With a preface by F. J. Reichel).

They are offering a beautiful edition in 2 volumes, printed in Vienna, from the Academic Publishing House, from the year 1776. With 2 engraved title pages and 20 engraved text copperplates. Bound in a half leather binding from the 19th century with a spine label and gold embossing.

Collation: 6 Bll., LXXII, 618 pages; 1 leaf, page (619)-881, 28 Bll.

Second edition, the first posthumous.

CONDITION: Good copy with minor signs of use. Wide-margin copy. Partially lightly browned, slightly stained in places, occasionally water- or fingerprint-stained at the foot or outer spine, Volume 1 slightly waterstained at the end; both titles with handwritten ownership note and stamp 'August Herschel'. Cover rubbed, lightly bumped, and slightly stained.