ABBILDUNGEN DER GEMALDE UND ALTERHUMER, WELCHE SEIT 1738 SOWOHL IN DER VERCHUTTETEN STADT HERCULANUM ALS AUCH AN DAS LICHT GEBRACHT WORDEN NEBST IHRER ERCLARUNG VON CHRISTOPH GOTTLIEB VON MURR [LE ANTICHITA DI ERCOLANO PRINTED BETWEEN 1757 AND 1792] [ANTIQUITIES OF HERCULANEUM EXPOSED] [8 VOL IN 5 BOOKS]

Augsburg: Christian Deckardt, 1777-1799. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 5 Folios containing 8 Volumes; G+ to VG-; Plain cloth spines with white label near top edge; Boards are fraying at the edges and bumped at all corners, some soiling to boards, discoloration of spines; Bindings are tight; Pages slightly rippled but in nice condition with age toning, but no soiling in marking; Shows objects from all the excavations the Bourbons undertook beginning in 1711 and continued after 1759 by Charles III of Spain around the Gulf of Naples including Pompeii, Stabiae and the two sites in Herculaneum: Resina and Portico. This edition has the text in German. The 630 plates are tipped in from an earlier Italian edition. This edition does not have the doubled page map. Text in German. Shelved in Room G.

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