Museum Odescalcum sive Thesaurus antiquarum gemmarum quae a serenissima Christina Svecorum regina collectae in museo Odescalco adservantur. 1-2.

Romæ, apud Venantium Monaldini bibliopolam, 1747. Folio. 33 x 22.5 cms. [8] pp. incl. engraved frontispiece portrait of Livio Odescalchi; + [4] pp. + 52 (of 54) + 50 (=102 of 104) engraved plates. Printed on heavy paper, titles in red and black. With engraved vignettes in the text. Lacking plates 39 & 40 in the first part.

Contemporary full vellum, edges sprinkled in red, slightly warped and without the ties, contents in good condition with only some very slight occasional finger-soiling and a few small stains. Old black stamp on title of the Roman noble family Camuccini, round stamp and bookplate of Prince Alexander Erba Odescalchi (1914-2008).

Rare first edition, which preceded the expanded edition with text of 1751-52. - - - After Christina's death in Rome in 1689, her collections were inherited by Cardinal Decio Azzolino. The majority of the collections, including hundreds of paintings, drawings and antiques, were acquired a few years later by Livio Odescalchi (1652-1713), Duke of Bracciano, etc. and nephew of Pope Innocent XI Odescalchi. The engravings for the magnificent publications of Christina's antique cameos and engraved gemstones were made by Pietro Santi Bartoli before 1700. However, they were not printed until several decades later, in Rome in 1747. The most comprehensive edition took a few more years, appearing in 1751-52 and also contains text and indexes by Niccolò Galeotti.

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