Digging and dealing in eighteenth-century Rome / Ilaria Bignamini and Clare Hornsby ; with additional research by Irma Della Giovampaola and Jonathan Yarker.

Main entry:

Bignamini, Ilaria, 1952-2001.

Title & Author:

Digging and dealing in eighteenth-century Rome / Ilaria Bignamini and Clare Hornsby ; with additional research by Irma Della Giovampaola and Jonathan Yarker.

Publication:

Description:

2 volumes : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
v. 1. Part one: a catalogue of sites; Part two: dealers and other characters -- v. 2. Letters.
Dust jacket.
Text in English with foreword in Italian and English.

Summary:

"An overview of all British-led excavation sites in and around Rome in the Golden Age of the Grand Tour in the mid to late eighteenth century"--Jacket.

ISBN:

9780300160437 (cl ; alk. paper)
0300160437 (cl ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Excavations (Archaeology) Italy Rome History 18th century.
Classical antiquities thefts Italy Rome History 18th century.
Archaeologists Italy Rome History 18th century.
Archaeologists Great Britain History 18th century.
Fouilles (Archéologie) Italie Rome Histoire 18e siècle.
Vol d'antiquités gréco-romaines Italie Rome Histoire 18e siècle.
Archéologues Italie Rome Histoire 18e siècle.
Archéologues Grande-Bretagne Histoire 18e siècle.
18th century.
Antiquities.
Archaeologists.
Classical antiquities thefts.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Fouilles archéologiques Rome (Italie) 18e siècle.
archéologie Grande-Bretagne Italie 18e s.
archéologie pillage Grande-Bretagne Italie Antiquité 18e s.
Rome (Italy) Antiquities.
Rome (Italie) Antiquités.
Great Britain.
Italy Rome.
Rome Antiquités.
1760-1799

Form/genre:

Catalogs.
Correspondence.
History.

Added entries:

Hornsby, Clare.
Hornsby, Clare Sekul, 1922-
Della Giovampaola, Irma
Yarker, Jonathan
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Holdings:

Location: Library main 266532
Call No.: BIB 198459
Copy: v.1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 267272
Call No.: BIB 198459
Copy: v.2
Status: Available

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