Grand Tour Plaster Intaglio Box 19th Century Italy

3 boxes filled with 146 plaster intaglios in the form of 3 bound books opening on both sides. These travel souvenirs from Italy are filled with samples of plaster intaglios, copies of Antiquity, with a handwritten description of each.
Inscription on the spine of each book: LACCHINI IMPRONTE Historia Romana
Inscription at the bottom of the cover page of volume 1: Impronte che si famo in Roma in Via de Condotti, da Antonio Lacchini.
Volume 1: Roma a tempo dei Ré & Repubblica
Volume 2: Repubblica
Volume 3: Storia Imperiale
The interior of each box is covered with purple fabric, the intaglios are in very good condition.
Travel souvenirs from Italy:
The neoclassical style ornamentation, very fashionable under Louis XVI, the Directory and the Empire, encouraged the creation and dissemination of works of art with Greco-Roman influence. The craze for engraved gemstone casts (cast on cameos or intaglios) corresponds to the period of the "Grand Tour". During their travels in Italy, passionate collectors and artists brought back in their luggage boxes of cast miniatures as typical souvenirs or as study subjects to be inspired by antique themes.