A Collection of Vases, Altars, Paterae, Tripods, Candelabra Sarcophagi, & C. from Various Museums and Collections

Henry Moses

J. Taylor, London, 1814

[An attractive copy] Square 4to.  Bound in early 19th century leather.  Elaborately gilt decorated spine and cover. All edges gilt. [2], xii, 63, [1] pages, 151 plates, 10 hand-colored. Scattered spotting.  Reputed to be the inspiration for Keats' Ode to a Grecian Urn and a useful book fore designers in the neo-classical style.  Eighteen vignettes and 151 engraved plates, ten of which are hand-colored in watercolor to resemble terra cotta.  Works from the collections of the British Museum, Thomas Hope, Sir John Soane, Piranesi, etc.