Rare and Unusual Books

Published: London, Henry G Bohn,
Date: 1852.
Description: Marbled end papers, frontis, xix, 208pp plus 77 plates, two in colour, 2 double-page maps. Marbled boards, leather spine and corners, 26x17. Leather rubbed on corners and spine, some off-setting, vg. Four contemporary newspaper clippings neatly pasted to front end paper.
Notes: Gell was assisted by Gandy in the Pompeii excavations which began in 1819. This account is valuable, not least because many of the ruins and artefacts have since been lost from exposure to the elements. A pioneering, carefully researched study. The engraved plates are from Gell's careful drawings: most of the commentaries are by Gandy. Lovely Victorian item.
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Price: £150.00