Shelfmark
Fq.1.07
Author
Uniform title
[Disquisition upon Etruscan vases]
Title
Disquisitions upon the painted Greek vases, and their probable connection with the shows of the Eleusinian and other mysteries. / By James Christie, a member of the Society of Dilettanti.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster-Row., 1825.
Physical description
xii, [2], 146 p., XVI leaves of plates (2 fold.) : ill. ; 18 cm. (4to)
Note
First published in 1806 as "A disquisition upon Etruscan vases". This edition adds an appendix with a classification of vases.
Note
Printer statement on title page verso: London : Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square.
Provenance
Ms. presentation inscription on second front free-endpaper: "Presented to Eton College Library, by the author."
Provenance
19th-century round engraved bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
19th-century black goatskin binding; border of two concentric gold-tooled triple fillets; spine compartments with gold-tooled triple fillet borders and gold-lettered spine title; pale yellow endpapers; gilt text block edges.
Copy-specific note
Previously Fn.2.05.
Subject
Eleusinian mysteries.
Subject
Vases, Greek.
Subject
Mythology, Greek.
Added entry--name
Christie, James, 1773 - 1831 donor.
Added entry--name
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green publisher.
Added entry--name
A. & R. Spottiswoode printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B38737