9 - Winckelmann (Johann Joachim) Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, titles with engraved vignette, engraved illustrations, foxing, mostly light browning (occasionally a little heavier), early 20th century buckram-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, rubbed, [PMM 210], Dresden, Walther, 1764 § Herculaneum.- Winckelmann (Johann Joachim) Sendschreiben von den Herculanischen Entdeckungen, first edition, engraved title vignette and a few illustrations, occasional spotting, mostly lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, gilt, spine in compartments richly so, spine ends worn, rubbed, Dresden, Georg Conrad Walther, 1762; and c.100 others, 18th century German, including some odd vol. and defective. v.s. (c.102)

Winckelmann (Johann Joachim) Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, titles with engraved vignette, engraved illustrations, foxing, mostly light browning (occasionally a little heavier), early 20th century buckram-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, rubbed, [PMM 210], Dresden, Walther, 1764 § Herculaneum.- Winckelmann (Johann Joachim) Sendschreiben von den Herculanischen Entdeckungen, first edition, engraved title vignette and a few illustrations, occasional spotting, mostly lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, gilt, spine in compartments richly so, spine ends worn, rubbed, Dresden, Georg Conrad Walther, 1762; and c.100 others, 18th century German, including some odd vol. and defective. v.s. (c.102) *** The first mentioned is a foundation text of modern art history, which was 'the first work in the German language to achieve universal acclaim. Winckelmann had drawn attention for the first time to the importance of Greek ideals for the modern world, and, with his unique acquaintance with the surviving examples of classical art, amplified by wide and specialized reading, his authority was unquestioned' (PMM).