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Libra Esoterica

Specimens of antient sculpture

Ægyptian, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman

by John Samuel Agar, Richard Payne Knight & Society of Dilettanti

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

Vol. 2 published by Payne and Foss The author of the text of v. 1 is identified in the introduction to v. 2 as Richard Payne Knight, whose An inquiry into the symbolical language of ancient art and mythology is reprinted as an appendix with its own title-page in v. 2 Many of the 75 plates in v. 1 and the 58 in v. 2 were drawn and engraved by John Samuel Agar Binding, c.1: vol. 1 is bound in publisher's printed boards, and is dates 1810 Binding, c.2: full gilt red morocco, with an armorial bookplate on the front pastedown 2 volumes : 55 cm The author of the text of v. 1 is identified in the introduction to v. 2 as R.P. Payne, whose An inquiry into the symbolical language of ancient art and mythology is reprinted as an appendix with its own t.p. in v. 2, with [4], 83, [1] p. which includes the index to v. 2 Plates are "Published by T. Payne and J. White." Many of the 75 plates in v. 1 and the 58 in v. 2 were drawn and engraved by J. Agar With appendix to v. 2: An inquiry into the symbolical language of ancient art and mythology / by R.P. Knight, 1818, reprinted by the Society of Dilettanti. -- London : printed by W. Nicol for Payne and Foss, 1835 -- 80 p

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Ægyptian, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman

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1809-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : Printed by T. Bensley for T. Payne, and J. White and Co.EnglishPublic digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
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