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Published by Napoli: Nella Regia Stamperia-1767., 1760
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Folio. 4 vols. 34 x 48cm. Contemporary qtr. calf, gilet edges. v. 2. (1760), v. 3. (1762), v. 4. (1765), v. 5. (1767).OCLC Number: 319792079. Fresh and very good. Vol. II: [xiv], 339 [i.e. 219], [11] p., frontis. (port.), [60] pl. - Vol. III: [iv], xvii, [i], 339 [i.e. 219], [13] p., frontis. (port.), [60] pl. - Vol. IV: [iv], x, 368 [i.e. 228], [12] p., frontis. (port.), [70] pl. - Vol. V: [iv], x, 407 [i.e. 239], [1] p., frontis. (port), [84] pl. (1 folding).These four volumes - published in 1760, 1762, 1765 and 1779 - are part of an eight-volume series describing the antiquities of Herculaneum. (The first volume has an added title-plate reading 'Le Antichità Di Ercolano Esposte'; while the 5fth - 8th volumes have half-titles reading, 'Delle Antichità Di Ercolano Tomo Quinto (-Ottavo)').The notes give brief indications of find-spots (Resina, Portici, Civita (Pompei) and Gragnano) and find-dates, and helpful explanations of each piece of wall-painting, incorporating quotations from Latin and ancient Greek sources and bibliographic references; most notes also refer to the relevant entry in Baiardi's Catalogo Degli Antichi Monumenti (1754).The plates give a comprehensive account of Roman wall-painting of the first century, and had a great impact on contemporary Neoclassical designers.Artist include: Francesco La Vega, draughtsmanRocco Pozzi, engraverCamillo Paderni, draughtsmanFilippo Morghen, engraverKarl Jakob WeberGios. LiberatiRocco Gioacchino d' AlcubierreOttavio Antonio BaiardiPierre Jacques Gaultier, engraverNiccolo Vanni, draughtsman, engraverNiccolo Billy, engraverGiuseppe Antonio Aloja, engraverPietro Campana, engraverGiovanni Elia Morghen, draughtsmanFrancesco Cepparoli, engraverCarlo Nolli, engraverNiccolò Orazi, engraverMiguel de Sorello, engraverLuigi Vanvitelli, draughtsmanSecondo De Angelis, engraverVincenzo Campana, engraverFerdinando Strina, engraverFrancesco Sesone, engraverIsidoro Frezza, engraverPasquale CarcaniExtra shipping - very heavy. 50 pounds. 23 kilos.