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Arneth, Joseph. Die Cinque-Cento-Cameen und Arbeiten des Benvenuto Cellini und seiner Zeitgenossen im K. K. Münz- und Antiken-Cabinette zu Wien.

With 23 engr. plates . X, 132 pp., 1 leaf. Large folio. Black half cloth with gilt lettered spine label and with orig. boards in lithography (rebacked, boards rubbed in places). – Wien, Leopold Sommer, 1858.

“Monumente des K. K. Münz- und Antiken-Cabinettes in Wien”. Joseph Arneth (1791–1863) became director of the Imperial Numismatic and Antiquities Cabinet in Vienna in 1840. – Sinkankas 209. – Slight foxing throughout. A pleasant copy. – Best.-Nr. 5754