VISCONTI (Ennio-Quirino). Works of Ennius Quirinus Visconti. - Lot 5

VISCONTI (Ennio-Quirino). Works of Ennius Quirinus Visconti. Milan, Giegler, 1818–1824. 8 volumes in-8, in full contemporary stiff vellum, smooth spine with decorative lettering. Portrait of the author after Locatelli and 423 line-engraved plates, some folded, arranged as follows: 1/ Pius-Clementine Museum. 4 volumes. 255 plates. 2/ Monuments of the Chiaramonti Museum, described and explained by Philippe Aurèle Visconti and Joseph Guattini, serving as a sequel and supplement to the Pius-Clementine Museum, translated from Italian by A.F. Sergent-Marceau. 1 volume. 46 plates. 3/ Greek Iconography, or Collection of Authentic Portraits of Emperors, Kings, and Illustrious Men of Antiquity. 3 volumes. 168 plates. Ennius-Quirino Visconti (1758–1818), an archaeologist of Italian origin, served as curator of antiquities at the Louvre Museum from 1803 to 1818.