| 解説 | Publie par M.de Clercq, depute avec la collaboration de M.J. Menant.
Monumental catalog of de Clercq’s collection of ancient Assyrian artworks and artifacts, complete in 7 vols. bound in 11. Tomes 1-2, text and plates, folio; tomes 3-7 and the Tables Generales, large 4to. bound in later red buckram boards, spines stamped in gold, some covers lightly marked, else near fine. A rare set, complete and in near fine condition.
Tome 1. Cylindres Orientaux. Folio (50.5 x 5 x 36.5cm). II, 274pp., 39 loose plates and one loose map (housed separately, minor intermittent damp-staining to lower edge of some plates, not affecting images). Tome 2. Cachets, Briques, Bronzes, Bas-reliefs. Folio. 274pp., 38 loose plates (housed separately, minor intermittent damp-staining to lower edge of some plates, not affecting images). Tome 1 & 2 & plates & map in 3 vols, folio. Tome 3. Les Bronzes (in two parts). Part 1: 1-106pp., plates 1-31, minor insect damage to leaf separating plates from text and slight damp-staining to inside lower left corner of 7 heliogravures, not affecting images.Part 2: includes frontispiece portrait of M. de Clercq and biographical preface, XXXIV, 107-426pp., plates 32-63. Tome 4. Les Marbres, les Vases Peints et les Ivoires. 4to. (34.5 x 275.5cm). 232pp., 41 plates. Tome 5. Les Antiquites Chypriotes. 4to. (34.5 x 275.5cm). 369 pp., 36 plates. Tome 6. Les Terres Cuites et les Verres. 4to. (34.5 x 275.5cm). 323 pp., 32 plates. Tome 7. Les Bijoux et les Pierres Gravees. 4to. (34.5 x 275.5cm). Part 1: Les Bijoux. 1-436pp., plates 1-15. Part 2. Les Pierres Gravees. 437-874pp, plates 16-30. Tome 7 in 2 vols. With: Tables Generales des Tomes I a VII. 149 pp. Y12102096
ド・クレルクはフランスの実業家・政治家で考古学と写真に情熱を燃やしていました。1850年からシリアから小アジアに至る地域を考古学者のE.G.レイやE.M. ボーグと共に調査旅行に出かけ、アッシリアからローマ彫像にいたる遺物を調査収集した。本書はその遺物図録であり、全巻揃うことは非常に稀です。
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