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EBERMAYER, J.M. - BAIER, Jacobus (ed.)

Gemmarum affabre sculptarum thesaurus quem suis sumptibus haud exiguis nec parvo studio collegit Io. Mart. ab Ebermayer Norimbergensis
Norimbergae
in aedibus Ebermayerianis
1720
€200 - €300

In-folio (39 x 24,5 cm), [8] + 46 pp. (pages 25-46 printed in rectos only) + [4] pp. Title printed in red and black. Illustrated with the engrav. arms of Ludovic Rudolph from Brunswick, a large folding plate depicting the baroque cupboard especially made to house the collection, 8 engraved plates, and with 25 engravings in the text. Lacking (as usual) the engraved portrait-front. Followed by (the same author): Capita Dorum et illustrium hominum ... in gemmis antiqua partim, partim recenti manu ... quae magno studio collegit Io. Martinus ab Ebermayer, Francofurti et Lipsiae, 1721, [8] + 226 + [22] pp., title printed in red and black. Ill. with 17 engraved plates. Some pale marginal dampstaining. Contemporary calf binding, corners bumped

Important illustrated and descriptive catalogue of a collection of antique cameos and gems formed by Johann Martin von Ebermayer of Nürnberg. Ref. Cicognara 2741