[Josiah Wedgwood] "Account of the Barberini, now Portland Vase", privately printed, c.1786, extra-illustrated with 20 contemp. engravings & drawings,

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[Josiah Wedgwood] Account of the Barberini, now Portland Vase, privately printed, c.1786, extra-illustrated with 20 contemp. engravings & drawings, with cut autograph of Josiah Wedgwood dated 1770 laid down beneath a fine pencil drawing of him, the book further inscribed From the Author at head of half-title; an alteration to the brief preface and the deletion of 6 lines of text to page 9 are in another hand. A presentation copy to Charles Townley, collector of antiquities, with seven pages of manuscript letters and a quotation from Erasmus Darwin's Economy in Townley's hand bound in at rear. Octavo, bound in full calf with gilt ruling and title, showing some wear. Bookplate of Henry Beaufoy; cutting from an old bookseller's catalogue tipped on to reverse of front endpaper. Some light browning o/w VG internally and a unique copy of this book.