HAMILTON, William. Outlines from the Figures and Compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan Vases of the late Sir William Hamilton; with engraved borders. Drawn and engraved by the late Mr Kirk. , T. M'Lean, 1810.

Full-Leather. Very Good. Second edition. (2) + xvii + (i) + 52pp., 62 engraved plates each within a decorative border. bound with... BAXTER, Thomas. An Illustration of the Egyptian, Grecian, and Roman Costume; in forty outlines, with descriptions, selected, drawn, & engraved, by Thomas Baxter. First edition. 16pp., 40 plates. The frontispiece shows a helmeted head of Athene, on a Greek vase. The other plates are captioned, and show: 1. Osiris and Isis; 2. Egyptian female; 3. Egyptian costume; 4. Egyptian tumbler; 5. Juno, Neptune, Ceres; 6. Jupiter, Minerva, Hercules; 7. Hercules and Hippolyta; 8. Hercules shooting; 9. Homer and a Muse; 10. Grecian heads; 11. Grecian priest and priestess; 12. Priest and faun; 13. Faun and Bacchante; 14, 15. Bacchants; 16. Grecian musicians; 17. Greek philosopher; 18, 19. Greek warriors; 20. Iris; 21. Young warrior; 22. Pyrrhic or war dance; 23, 24. Pelops and Hippodamia, or rape of Helen; 25-30. Grecian ladies; 31. Comedian; 32. Tumbling; 33. Roman consul; 34-37. Roman officers and soldiers; 38. Roman heads; 39. Roman lady; 40. Roman youth and children. The images are drawn from sculptures, vases and other objects, in various collections. The work is dedicated to Henry Fuseli, who had tutored Baxter in drawing at the Royal Academy. Two volumes in one, in contemporary full calf, with triple gilt fillet borders, gilt panelled s spine and red morocco labels. Marbled endpapers, blind-stamped dentelles. Some light rubbing but in very good condition. large 8vo. T. M'Lean. 1814 / William Miller. 1810. It is entirely appropriate for these two works to be bound together. Many of Baxter's illustrations were based upon figures from Sir William Hamilton's vases in which in which Greek subjects are most prevalent "as it is to them we owe nearly all that is elegant or dignified in Art". (Book ref. 105465)  £495.00

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