Society Of Antiquaries Of London, Vetusta Monumenta
Vetusta Monumenta [Ancient Monuments], originally published in seven volumes between 1747 and 1906, was the first of three major publication series launched by the Society of Antiquaries of London in the eighteenth century. Plate I, Plate II, Plate III and Plate IV were published individually in 1718, the year the society was formally re-established at the Mitre Tavern. By commissioning these engravings, the society defined its research agenda in terms of preservation, visual documentation, and collecting. The first secretary,William Stukeley, recorded at the first meeting that the society was formed “with a design at their own charge to collect and print and keep exact Registers of all Ancient Monuments that come into their hands” (qtd. in Evans 1956: 58). Volume One is containing prints of various sizes illustrating antique and medieval artefacts, sculptures, monuments, tombs, seals, coins, portraits, documents, mosaic pavements, buildings and maps, as listed in the letterpress tables of plates (in Latin and English) at the front of the volume, bound together with other letterpress items. (Description by the Digital Library University of Missouri)
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