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ECKHEL (JOSEPH HILARIUS VON) Choix des pierres gravées du Cabinet impérial des antiques, PRESENTATION COPY FROM JOSEPH II, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR, Vienna, Joseph Noble de Kurzbek, 1788
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ECKHEL (JOSEPH HILARIUS VON)
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"SENT ME BY THE EMPEROUR IN RETURN FOR MY BOOK OF PIERRES": a reciprocal gift, following the Duke of Marlborough's presentation to Emperor Joseph II of his Gemmarum antiquarum delectus... Choix de pierres antiques, privately printed in 1780. The text of the present work includes a reference to "le recueil des pierres gravées du Duc de Marlborough" (p.44); the imperial cameos themselves remain on display in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Provenance: Sent to George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough, by Joseph II in 1788, inscribed on title by Marlborough "This Book was sent me by the Emperour in return for my Book of Pierres, M." and with his ownership inscription dated 1788. Loosely-inserted transcript of a letter from Robert Murray Keith (1730-1795), British Envoy to Austria, sending on the volume at the request of the Emperor; the Estate of the late Victor, 3rd Viscount Churchill (1934-2017).





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