Worlidge, Thomas (1700-1766) A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems

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Worlidge, Thomas (1700-1766) A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems, London: Printed by Dryden Leach for M. Worlidge and M. Wicksteed, 1768 (but circa 1780). Large quarto, engraved frontispiece, typographical title page, ten pages of subscribers, forty-eight pages of preface and contents followed by 184 engraved plates (some repeats),bound in contemporary full red straight-grained morocco tooled in blind and gilt on boards and spine, a.e.g., 11 x 8 in.
Estimate $300-500


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