The antiquities of Herculaneum / translated from the Italian; by Thomas Martyn and John Lettice ... ; containing pictures.
Alternate Title(s):
Antichita di Ercolano esposte. English
Published / Created:
London : Printed for S. Leacroft, at the Globe, Charing-Cross, MDCCLXXIII [1773]
Physical Description:
xi, [1], lxxiii, [1], 236, [2] p., [50] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill., map ; 33 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsN5775 .A2313 1773+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary full calf, rebacked. Bookplates of Walter Flinn and John Pope. Inscribed: John Pope's 1776.SML,Y J567 +757Ag: Autograph on title-page: Charles Nettleton. 117 Broadway, N.Y. City.A translation of vol.I of 'Le antichita di Ercolano esposte' edited by Ottavio Antonio Bayardi, published by the Reale Accademia Ercolanese di archeologia (Naples) in 1757.Engravings by Alexander Bannerman, Charles Grignion, Peter Spendelowe Lamborn, Isaac Taylor, and Tobias Müller.No more published.Signatures: a-k⁴ ℓ B-Hh⁴Leaf Dd⁴, between pages [206] and [207] blank.English short title catalogue, N16613.Includes a nine page list of subscribers.With a final errata leaf.
Subject Terms:
Herculaneum (Extinct city) -- Early works to 1800. | Art, Greco-Roman -- Early works to 1800. | Leacroft, S. -- Publisher. | Pope, John -- Bookplate. | Flinn, Walter -- Bookplate. | Pope, John -- Autograph, 1776. | Nettleton, Charles -- Autograph.