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Caylus (Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de). Recueil d'Antiquités Egyptiennes, Estrusques, Grecques et Romaines, 7 volumes, including Supplement, Paris, 1756-67, volume I 2nd edition of 1761, the others 1st editions, half titles (except for volumes II & VII) engraved frontispieces, titles with engraved vignettes, 828 engraved plates, maps and plans, a few folding, occasional minor toning and spotting, small insect predation to lower corners of pp. 45-48 in volume I, bookplates of Baron Northwick, all edges gilt, contemporary mottled calf, spines with brown labels and gilt decoration, a few joints cracking, some light edge wear, 4to (Qty: 7) Provenance: John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick (1769-1859), collector and connoisseur, with his bookplate. The present volume formed part of the library at Northwick Park, Gloucestershire, and Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham. Blackmer 303: "This work is remarkable for its range and for the number of pieces which have been illustrated. Even more remarkable is the fact that most of the objects have been engraved after the originals and have not been taken from other illustrations. Many of the objects came from Caylus's own collection and are now in the Cabinet des Medailles of the Bibliothèque Nationale. Volume VII, the supplement, was published posthumously and was edited by Bombarde from Caylus's manuscripts; it also contains a memoir of the author. Caylus travelled extensively in Italy and continued on to the Levant in the suite of the French ambassador to the Porte, c. 1715-20, but certainly well before 1731 when he was elected to the Academie Royale de Peinture. He was one of the most interesting figures of his time, an archaeologist, connoisseur, litterateur and a competent engraver."