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Richerche sopra un Apolline della villa dell'eminentissimo Sig. Cardinale Alessandro Albani (and 3 others)

Raffei, Stefano

Rome. Carlo Mordacchini. 1821
The 1821 edition of Stefano Raffei's supplementary third volume to Winckelmann's Monumenti antichi- consists of four works combined in one volume:

Ricerche sopra un Apolline della villa....Albani (orig publ. 1772)
Saggio di osservazioni sopra un bassorilievo della villa...Albani (orig publ. 1773)
Il Nido, canzone didascalica sopra un antico nido di marmo (orig publ. 1778)
Osservazioni sopra alcuni antichi monumenti nella villa...Albani (orig publ. 1779).
pp. 164. Folio. With 16 engraved plates. Contemporary calf-backed boards.
#16408

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