Abbildungen der vorzüglichsten alten Statuen und Grouppen, die sich theils in Rom theils in Paris befinden.
Nach den Zeichnungen des H. F. Perrier. Auf Kosten der Herausgegeber von Ovids Verwandlungen. Wien, Anton Pichler, 1797. Folio. Engr. extra title,+ (2),+ 128,+ (2) pp.+ 61 engr. plates. Title with engr. vignette. The engr. title repaired in outer margin, foxing and spotting, plate 14 and page 31 with ink stains. Somewhat worn mid-19th century half calf, spine gilt, green marbled edges. Trace of removed book plates. The text is by J. Ernst and the plates are after "Icones et segmenta [...] quae Romae extant" by François Perrier and engraved by Blaschke, J. Mansfeld and J. Stöber. A second edition was published in 1802. The publication of these illustrations from Perrier's book about the famous statues in Rome -now also in Paris- was probably a political comment, a protest againt the decision of Napoleon's to move the treasures of Rome to Musée Napoleon in Paris, executed by his agent Viviant Denon.
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