[BEAUX-ARTS] Academi Etrusca - Museum Cortonense, In quo vetera Monumenta Comprehenduntur - Sumptibus Fausti Amidei Bibliopolae in Via Cursus, Romae 1750 - A very fine copy of this fine work, complete with 84 plates + one plate numbered 85. First catalog of bronzes, bas-reliefs etc. present at the Etruscan Academy of Cortona. Bound in full contemporary basane, 5-ribbed spine, decorated boards, scratches and small leather tears to boards, rubbing to jaws, title-piece partly missing, a fine copy in fine condition, very fresh inside. In-folio, 126pp (84pl) Unidentified heraldic bookplate.

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