Accession number
PML 55778
Creator
Pergolesi, Michel Angelo, active 1760-1800.
Published
London : Pergolesi invt., sculpt., & publish'd, 1777-1801.
Credit line
Gift of Henry S. Morgan, 1965.
Notes
Cataloger-supplied main title.
Copies containing 55 pl. are sometimes styled "Ornaments and designs" or "Designs for arabesques, &c."; copies with 66 pl. have been called "Original designs of vases [etc.]"; copies with 70 plates are listed as "Designs for various ornaments, in 70 plates."
Dedication sheet to Hugh Percy, Duke of Northumberland with port. on plate 50.
Issued in two groups of plates, 1-55 (1777-1785) and 56-66 (1792); four additional plates numbered 67-70, were issued between 1792 and 1801.
Issued without letterprint.
No text.
Copies containing 55 pl. are sometimes styled "Ornaments and designs" or "Designs for arabesques, &c."; copies with 66 pl. have been called "Original designs of vases [etc.]"; copies with 70 plates are listed as "Designs for various ornaments, in 70 plates."
Dedication sheet to Hugh Percy, Duke of Northumberland with port. on plate 50.
Issued in two groups of plates, 1-55 (1777-1785) and 56-66 (1792); four additional plates numbered 67-70, were issued between 1792 and 1801.
Issued without letterprint.
No text.
Description
1 p.l., 70 plates : engraving; 53 cm
Provenance
Mrs. Morgan's collection.
Binding
3/4 black morocco, in black cloth box.
Classification
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