Romanum Museum Sive Thesaurus Eruditae Antiquitatis In Quo Proponuntur, Ac Dilucidantur Gemmae, Idola, Insignia Sacerdotalia, Instrumenta Sacrificiis Inservientia, Lucernae, Vasa, Bullae, Armillae, Fibulae, Claves, Annuli, Tesserae, Styli, Strigiles, Gutti, Philae Lacrymatoriae, Instrumenta Musica, Vota, Signa Militaria, Marmora, &c. Adjectis in hac tertia Romana Editione plurimis annotationibus, & figuris, Opera, Et Studio Michaelis Angeli Causei De La Chausse. (2v). Translated from Latin: The Roman Museum or Treasury of Learned Antiquities, in which are displayed and elucidated Gems, Idols, Priesthood Insignia, Instruments used in Sacrifices, Lamps, Vessels, Bullae, Bracelets, Brooches, Keys, Rings, Tokens, Styli, Scrapers, Small Jugs, Tear Bottles, Musical Instruments, Votive Offerings, Military Standards, Marbles, etc. With many annotations and illustrations added in this third Roman edition, by the work and study of Michael Angelo Causei De La Chausse. (2v)

Romanum Museum Sive Thesaurus Eruditae Antiquitatis In Quo Proponuntur, Ac Dilucidantur Gemmae, Idola, Insignia Sacerdotalia, Instrumenta Sacrificiis Inservientia, Lucernae, Vasa, Bullae, Armillae, Fibulae, Claves, Annuli, Tesserae, Styli, Strigiles, Gutti, Philae Lacrymatoriae, Instrumenta Musica, Vota, Signa Militaria, Marmora, &c. Adjectis in hac tertia Romana Editione plurimis annotationibus, & figuris, Opera, Et Studio Michaelis Angeli Causei De La Chausse. (2v). Translated from Latin: The Roman Museum or Treasury of Learned Antiquities, in which are displayed and elucidated Gems, Idols, Priesthood Insignia, Instruments used in Sacrifices, Lamps, Vessels, Bullae, Bracelets, Brooches, Keys, Rings, Tokens, Styli, Scrapers, Small Jugs, Tear Bottles, Musical Instruments, Votive Offerings, Military Standards, Marbles, etc. With many annotations and illustrations added in this third Roman edition, by the work and study of Michael Angelo Causei De La Chausse. (2v)

Author: Michael Angelo Causei De La Chausse

Folio (8.75" x 12.25")1746. Michael Angelo Causei De La Chausse. Romae. Fausti Amidei. 2 volumes. Rebacked quarter brown leather with corners over brown patterned boards. Spine with six raised bands. All edges reddened, printed floral endpapers. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with loss to tips and board edges, covers scuffed, soiled. Small rectangle excised from upper corner of first free flyleaf in Vol.I Engraved title pages in red and black ink, prior owners signature to title page. 162/217 plates accounted for.

From Wiki: Michel-Ange de La Chausse (1660 in Paris; † 21 June 1724 in Rome) was a French antiquarian and diplomat, who had the centre of his life in Italy for most of his life. Today, nothing is known about La Chausse's childhood, school days and further education. He only really becomes tangible when he settled in Rome towards the end of the 17th century to devote himself entirely to his antiquarian studies. After the death of the French consul to the Papal States, Claude Voiret, in 1705, La Chausse succeeded him. The actual chargé d'affaires as ambassador and from 1706 with the rank of a French minister was Joseph-Emmanuel de La Trémoille. From 1708 he bore the title of Knight of the Order of St. Lazarus. In order to be able to better support the French ambassadors and ministers to the Holy See, the title of Custodian of the Consular Archives was created in 1711 by a patent specifically for La Chausse. Here he had the task of procuring documents and information that were helpful to the French officials in dealing with the Roman Curia. In addition, he also helped to procure and ship works of art and artifacts for the royal coin, inscription and sculpture collections and to support the other officials in these endeavors. La Chausse himself had amassed a large collection of books, manuscripts, archaeological artefacts and other works of art, although some contemporaries had doubts about the authenticity of some of the gems in particular. To ensure that the collection would not be dissolved after his death, he bequeathed it to the Parisian antiquarian and collector Pierre Crozat. Nevertheless, some pieces, especially gems, later found their way into the collection of the Duke of Orléans. In addition, he left behind an extensive correspondence with various scholars of his time, including Joachim Legrand, Claude Nicaise and Pierre-Joseph de Grainville. La Chausse published three works of major importance. The first was the Romanum Museum in 1690, where he published previously unpublished works from private collections that were not open to the public, as well as from his own collection. The work (in folio) achieved a wider circulation and was republished in 1707 and 1746 and also published in a French translation in 1706. The majority of the illustrations were immediately reused by Johann Georg Graevius for his Thesaurus antiquitatum Romanarum (12 volumes, 1694–1699). La Chausse considered gems to be the most important art genre, which is why he dedicated his own publication (Quart) with 200 copper engravings to his own collection of gems, published in 1700. The collection testified to La Chausse's wide-ranging interest, but a preference for animal images and symbols was recognizable. Thirdly, he translated the book Le pitture antiche del sepolcro de Nasonii nella Via Flaminia by Giovanni Pietro Bellori and Pietro Santi Bartoli into Latin and expanded it considerably. The book is dedicated to Roman wall painting, in particular the Nasonian tomb discovered in 1674 on the Via Flaminia. It was provided with copper engravings by Francesco Bartoli and was only published posthumously in 1738 in a large-format folio edition. In addition, he wrote, among other things, a numismatic work and reported in letters on the remains of the Antoninus Pius Column found in 1703.

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