Antique GIOVANNI LIBEROTTI Scholar Book containing plaster casts of artworks from the Capitoline Museums mounted, In addition to albums of prints, the Grand Tour offered another very popular type of travel souvenir, the now nearly forgotten cameos… The taste for these engraved antique gems was revived in the 18th century as part of the classical revival and later reproduced as miniature plaster casts, known as sulphers. Mounted in faux book bindings, these plaster cameos are not the box of nougat candy they might appear to be at first glance, but a minutely detailed cabinet of neoclassical knowledge and art (Princeton University), inscriptions to piece in Italian number and describe each represented artwork, both covers need reattachment, some seals need repair and reattachment, measures 10 1/2 x 6 5/8 inches, surface wear to piece, Property of Rita Boley Bolaffio family estate, Antique, Giovanni Liberotti, grand tour, seal, scholar book, intaglio, gesso portrait, plaster cast, artwork, home decor. 2front