Collection of engravings from ancient vases
Subtitle: mostly of pure Greek workmanship discovered in sepulchres in the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, but chiefly in the neighbourhood of Naples during the course of the years MDCCLXXXIX and MDCCLXXXX now in the possession of Sir Wm. Hamilton ...
By: with remarks on each vase by the collector.
Contributors: Tischbein, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm, 1751-1829.
Publisher: W. Tischbein
Published: 1791
Place of publication: Naples
Language: eng
Subjects: Hamilton, William, -- Sir, -- 1730-1803 -- Art collections -- Catalogs; Vases, Greek -- Private collections -- Catalogs; Classical antiquities -- Private collections -- Catalogs
Genres: Catalogs
Other titles: Collection of engravings from ancient vases of Greek workmanship discovered in sepulchres in the kingdom of the Two Sicilies; Recueil de gravures d'aprs̈ des vases antiques la plus part d'un ouvrage Grec trouvš dans les tombeaux; Tischbein vases
Notes: "The drawings ... as well as the engravings have been executed under the inspection of the editor of this work, Mr. Tischbein." -- V. 1, Dedication.

Hamilton acknowleges the assistance of Chevalier Italinski in the preparation of the text in the dedications of v. 2 and v. 3.

The t.p.'s, and the added t.p.'s in French, are engraved with ornamental borders.

Title varies slightly.

Errata: v. 1, p. [161]; v. 2, p. 104.

Vol. IV: Plates, without t.p. and text.

Barrett Collection.

English and French on facing pages.

Vol. 4: 61 plates, without t.p. and text.

On spine of v. 4: Tischbein vases.