Recollections of Naples, being a selection from the plates contained in Il Real Musei Borbonico, of the statues, vases, candelabra, &c. discovered at Herculaneum and Pompeii. By the rev. Frederick Wrench. The profits of this work are applied towards the erection of a school house in the parish of Stowting, Kent.

WRENCH, Frederick.

About this Item

London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. Large 8vo. Lith. front,+ (8),+ (60) pp.+ 30 lith. plates. Three of the plates with spotting, Worn later half morocco, gilt spine (Broadbere, Southhampton). Spine defective at head and tail. Garcia 14459. The frontispiece shows the new school house in Stowting. In his preface the rev. Wrench proudly states that thanks to this work 40 disciples have already started in the new school! The illustrations are drawn by Wrench himself, after illustrations in ?Real Museo Borbonico? by A. Niccolini.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Recollections of Naples, being a selection from the plates contained in Il Real Musei Borbonico, of the statues, vases, candelabra, &c. discovered at Herculaneum and Pompeii. By the rev. Frederick Wrench. The profits of this work are applied towards the erection of a school house in the parish of Stowting, Kent.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: Hardcover / Hardback