Main entry:

Worsley, Richard, Sir, 1751-1805.

Title & Author:

Museum Worsleyanum, or, A collection of antique basso relievos, bustos, statues and gems : with views of places in the Levant taken on the spot in the years MDCCLXXXV VI and VII.

Publication:

London : [R. Worsley], 1794 [i.e. 1798-1803] (London : W. Bulmer & Co., Shakspeare Press)

Description:

2 volumes : illustrations (engravings, etchings), plans, portrait ; 54 cm (fol.)

Notes:
By Sir Richard Worsley and Ennio Quirino Visconti.
Vol. 1 issued 1798; v. 2 issued 1803.
"From the Shakspeare Press, by W. Bulmer & Co."--Colophon.
Vol. 1: [12], 103, [3] p., [37] leaves of plates; v. 2: [2], xi, [3], 120 p., [69] leaves of plates (1 folded).
Engraved title pages included in pagination.
Vol. 1 pagination includes a final single-leaf Latin approbation from Cambridge University dated July 1799, sometimes found in v. 2 and sometimes printed on vellum.
Lowndes 2995
Text in English and Italian.

Subject:

Appuldurcombe House (England)
Country house Museums Great Britain England.
Ancient Greek Sculpture.
Ancient Greek Busts.
Ancient Greek Statues.
Ancient Gems.
Ancient Egyptian Sculpture.
Views (visual works) Greece 1780-1790.
Views (visual works) Turkey 1780-1790.
Views (visual works) Egypt 1780-1790.

Form/genre:

Museum Catalogs.

Added entries:

Visconti, Ennio Quirino, 1751-1818.
John Harris Collection.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m harris 198934
Call No.: NA7625.A6 W6 1794
Copy: c. 1 v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m harris 198933
Call No.: NA7625.A6 W6 1794
Copy: c. 1 v. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m 198936
Call No.: NA7625.A6 W6 1794
Copy: c. 2 v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m 198935
Call No.: NA7625.A6 W6 1794
Copy: c. 2 v. 2
Status: Available