ECKHEL (Joseph Hilaire). Choix des pierres gravées du cabinet impérial des antiques. Vienna: Joseph Noble de Kurzbek, 1788. - In-4, shagreened calf, triple gilt fillet framing and star surrounded by a laurel wreath gilt at the corners on the boards, ornate ribbed spine (period binding). "First edition of this work by the Austrian numismatist and Jesuit Joseph Hilaire Eckhel (1737-1798), comprising 40 beautiful plates of engraved stones from the Imperial Cabinet of Antiques, engraved from drawings by the Austrian draughtsman and engraver Friedrich Kibler (1747-1816). Copy on large paper. Fragile binding, the front cover largely unbound. Rubbing and some spotting, lacking headpieces, corners dulled. Very good condition inside."