first edition Hardcover. Paper pastedown on boards. Cloth spine.
1835 · Napoli
by Bonucci, Carlo
Napoli: Stamperia e Cariera del Fibreno, 1835. First edition. Hardcover. Paper pastedown on boards. Cloth spine. . Very Good. 4to. 28.5 by 22 cm. 68, [2] pp. 30 engraved and lithographed plates, 29 of which are hand-colored or tinted. The scarce work concentrates on the then recent discoveries -- those between 1828 and 1835 -- at Pompeii, which had first been unearthed during the prior century. Bonucci (1799-1870) was director of the excavations between 1824 and 1850. Only a single copy of this work found on OCLC First Search, at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Vittorio Emanuele II in Rome. Paper pastedown of cover foxed. Contents generally clean, and plates are bright.
(Inventory #: 005555)