1762
Herculaneum Antiquity Vesuvius Bayardi Pompeii Illustrated HUGE FOLIO
Ottavio Antonio Bayardi was an important
18th-century Italian scholar who composed a detailed list of
artifacts found in the ancient city of Herculaneum. ‘Prodromo dell Antichita d’Ercolano’ or ‘Catalogue of the Antiquities of Herculaneum’, lists and
illustrates coins, vases, heads and busts of satyrs, mythological figures,
faunas, paintings, statues, and mosaics and frescoes. Following the rediscovery
of Herculaneum and Pompeii after being buried in the ashes of Vesuvius, the
European public became fascinated with the antiquities of these ancient cities.
Bayardi delivered at the approval of Charles III of Spain.
This work was the first published by
Stamperia and was the first official book dedicated to the study of Herculaneum.
Charles III of Spain, (or Carlo VII, Kingdom of Two Sicilies) ordered the
excavation of Herculaneum in 1738 and the Regale Stamperia was formed for the
express purpose of publishing the discoveries of the camp. (Mattusch,
p.65)
This enormous volume contains 155
in-text engravings and is bound in decorative Moroccan leather!
Item number: #23836
Price: $599
BAIARDI, Ottavio Antonio
Le pitture antiche
d'Ercolano
[Napoli: Regia Stamperia,
1762.]
Details:
· Collation:
volume 3
o [8], V-XVII, [1], 339, [13]
o Wanting full-page plates
· References:
Mattusch, Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum
· Language:
Italian
· Binding: Leather;
tight and secure
o
Decorative red Moroccan leather
· Size: ~18.75in X 14.25in (48cm x 36cm)
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