25 lugl 2021 anni - 101/ William Hamilton & Pierre-François Hugues d’Hancarville : Antiquities 1766

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“…useful to Artists, to Men of Letters and by their means to the World in general”
d’Hancarville


This post brings artists and their networks to the foreground, in a series about famous illustrated books only known by the name of their authors or editors (1). A good example is William Hamilton’s & Pierre-François Hugues d’Hancarville’s monumental four volumes publication with bi-lingual frontispieces (2):

‘COLLECTION of Etruscan, Greek and Roman ANTIQUITIES from the Cabinet OF THE HON.BLE M W. HAMILTON his Britannick Maiesty’s ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY at the Court of Naples’ Naples MDCCLXVI.

‘ANTIQUITÉS etrusques, grecques et romaines tirées du cabinet de M. Hamilton. Envoyé extraordinaire DE S. M. BRITANNIQUE en cour de Naples’ A Naples M. DCCLXVI

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