[UFFICES]. Museum Florentinum [CON:] Series of portraits of the excellent painters [E:] series of original portrait paintings. Florence: Nestenus, Moucke, 1731-1766. Monumental first edition of the most ambitious illustrated catalogue of the Medici collections, considered the first figurative inventory of the collections that would give rise to the Uffizi Gallery.The work includes 741 calcographic tables taken from drawings by Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692-1768), Giovanni Domanico Ferretti (1692-1768) and Antonio Pazzi (1706-1768). of ancient gems, 100 statues, 121 coins and medals and 320 portraits of illustrious painters. Promoted by the Grand Duke Gian Gastone de' Medici (1671-1737) and continued under the Lorraine dynasty, the work systematically documents the main archaeological and artistic treasures preserved in the Mediceus Thesaurus: ancient gems, classical statues, coins, medals and the famous series of portraits of the artists. The rich iconographic apparatus, entrusted to the best engravers and designers of the time, makes it one of the greatest masterpieces of European antique publishing of the eighteenth century. 13 parts in 11 volumes in large folio (453 × 362 mm). Frontispieces printed in red and black, cartoons, headboards, initials and calcographic finishes, 741 calcograph boards including 200 tables of ancient gems, 100 of statues, 121 of coins and medals and 320 portraits of illustrious painters, at large margins (some blooming). 19th century bonding in half green leather with gold titles on the back (defects). (11)