Pergolesi's encyclopaedia Etruscan & grotesque..
Pergolesi, Michael Angelo.
[London : s.n.,
1792]
Title from upper board.
Engraved throughout.
Original designs of vases, figures and other ornaments in the Etruscan and grotesque style.
Each design numbered in roman and at the foot of each leaf: "Pergolesi Inuet. Scult. and Published according to act of Parliament the ..." The following dates range from 1st of May 1777 to August 30th 1792.
A leaf numbered CCCCXXXII has a dedication to Her Grace Elizabeth Duchess of Buccleugh: "Encourager of the artists. No. 13 of this work. Is most humbly dedicated by Her Graces most obedient & obliged humble servt. Michael Angelo Pergolesi". At the foot of this leaf "No, 16, Broad Street Golden Sque."
Art, Etruscan
Grotesque
Architecture