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Tuesday 20 June 2023 e Wednesday 21 June 2023, 03:00 PM • Rome

280 Ercolano

The ancient paintings of Herculaneum and engraved outlines with some explanations., 1757

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€ 1.500 - 2.000

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Information

Naples, Regia Stamperia, 1757, 1760, 1765, 1767. In 2nd. Only volumes I, II, IV and V. (The V volume is entitled De' Bronzes of Herculaneum and contours [...]). Allegorical frontispiece to the I vol., title pages in red and black, portraits of Charles III of Bourbon, in vol. I: 52 plates; in the II vol. 60 tables; in the IV vol. 70 tables; in the V vol. 84 plates, illustrated drop caps, chalcographic vignettes, numerous illustrations in the text, light browning, slight foxing, restored tear in the white margin of p. 7 of the I vol., coeval leather binding, plates framed by gold frames and friezes, gilt edges, spine decorated with 7 raised bands, a few scratches, slight defects on the spines, slight signs of wear on the corners. Ex libris on the facings.

Specialist Notes

Great work sumptuously illustrated by Giuseppe Aloja, Nicola Billi, Pietro Campana, Nicola Cesarano, P. Gaultier, Francesco Martano, Filippo Morghen, Camillo Paderni, Rocco Pozzi, N. Ricci, Nicola Vanni, Francisco de Vega.

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Condition report

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