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Gori, Antonio Francesco (1691-1757) Dactyliotheca Smithiana.
Venice: Ex Typographio J.B. Pasqualii, 1767.
First edition, two folio volumes, engraved frontispiece, title, and dedication, first volume illustrated with 100 plates of engraved gems from the collection of British Consul at Venice Joseph Smith (1682-1770); second volume illustrated with engraved vignettes and two full page plates of larger ancient sculptures; the set bound in uniform contemporary tan calf, bumped and rubbed, joints cracked; ex libris Sir Robert Johnson-Eden, 5th Baronet (1744-1844), with his engraved armorial bookplate in the first volume, 13 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.
