Picturae Etruscorum in vasculis : nunc primum in unum collectae explicationibus, et dissertationibus inlustratae / A Joh. Baptista Passerio Nob. Pisaur. Regiarum Academiarum Londinensis, Olomucensis, & Italicarum Furfuratorum, Bononiensis, Cortonensis, Panormitanae, Ferrariensis, ac Perusinae socio vol. primum [-tertium] tabulas C. continens aere insculptas..

By: Passeri, Giovanni Battista, 1694-1780
Contributor(s): Zempel, Johann, fl. 1730-1778 [printer.] | Monaldini, Venanzio, fl. 1776-1781 [publisher.]
Publisher: Romae : Ex typographio Johannis Zempel. Sumptibus Venantii Monaldini bibliopolae., MDCCLXVII. [-MDCCLXXV.].Description: 3 v. : ill. ; fol.Contained works: Amaduzzi, Giovanni Cristoforo, 1740-1792. Alphabetum veterum EtruscorumSubject(s): Vases, Etruscan -- Early works to 1800 | Vase-painting, Etruscan -- Early works to 1800 | Etruscan language -- Alphabet -- Early works to 1800 | Etruria -- Antiquities -- Early works to 1800
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Engraved title page vignettes; head-pieces; initials.

Title pages to each vol. printed in red and black.

Vol. 1 dated 1767, vol. 2 dated 1770, vol. 3 dated 1775.

Engravings hand-coloured throughout.

"Alphabetum veterum Etruscorum secundis curis inlustratum et auctum / a Joh. Chrst. Amadutio ...", v. 3, p. LXXI-CIV. Also in v. 3, reproductions of Etruscan inscriptions, with explication.

Date of publication precedes printer statement on t.p.s to all vols.

All vols. have a preliminary half-title leaf reading "Picturae Etruscorum".

Pagination: vol. 1: LXXX, 106, [2] p., [1], C leaves of plates (some folded, some double); vol. 2: LXXXVIII, 84 p., [2], CI-CC leaves of plates (some folded, some double).

Includes bibliographical references, indexes and errata in each vol.