[ART] CARTER, JOHN (ENGRAVER) specimens of the ancient sculpture and painting... London: John Carter, 1780-87. In two volumes. First edition. Tall folio. 130 pp. (60 pp. in first volume, 70 in second volume). With engraved frontispiece in each volume. Illustrated engraved title-page in each. Dedication page, subscriber's list and index in each. Original Priestley & Weale bookseller catalogue tipped in at front of first volume. Illustrated with 115 engraved plates, including four foldout plates and 32 hand-colored. Full contemporary tree calf; rebacked spine; raised bands; edges trimmed and stained yellow. Worn, edges and joints rubbed, corners bumped, horizontal scar to the front board of the first volume, small abrasions to front and back boards, front boards of the first volume starting to separate; toning and foxing to text and plates, plates off-setting onto text, closed tear to plate 43, "The head of Crosier at large" in the first volume, faint owners signature in pencil at the front of the first volume. Ex-library with book-plates on paste-down and call numbers in pencil on title-pages of each volume. PROVENANCE: The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Alexander Weddell, Richmond, Virginia. Deaccessioned by The Virginia House Museum to benefit future preservation, acquisitions, and care of collections.