Among the books collected by Horace Walpole (1717-1797) was a small volume of sketches of antiquities. Irene Aghion has pursued elusive clues to establish Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635-1700) as the artist and places his sketchbook in its proper context, the lively world of seventeenth-century Rome. In following Bartoli's sketchbook from Rome to London to Farmington, Connecticut, Aghion uncovers the stories of these antiquities, found in Rome, acquired by collectors, and now held in collections throughout Europe. Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis revived Horace Walpole's short-lived series, "Miscellaneous Antiquities"; or, "A Collection of Curious Papers". The Lewis Walpole Library launched a second revival of "Miscellaneous Antiquities" in 2004 and this publication is the latest in the series.
- ISBN10 0300154003
- ISBN13 9780300154009
- Publish Date 20 October 2009
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 28 July 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Yale University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Language English