The Marlborough Gems : Gemmarum antiquarum delectus : ex praestantioribus desumptus, quae in dactyliothecis Ducis Marlburiensis conservantur = Choix de pierres antiques gravees du cabinet du duc de Marlbourough (Volume 2 only)

George Spencer Churchill Marlborough, Francesco Bartolozzi (Engraver), Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Illustrator); Bryant, Jacob; William Cole

Apud J. Murray, Londini, 1845

Vol. II.  Folio, 44 cm. Bound in 3/4 leather over marbled boards. Hardcover. Good binding and cover.  Insignificant scrape on front cover.  Scattered foxing (mostly to title frontis). Originally privately published in 1783, the work describes the celebrated collection of gems assembled by the fourth Duke of Marlborough. Latin and French on facing pages, with associated engraved leaf inserted between them.  This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.