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Pompeiana:

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the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii, the result of excavations since 1819.

Pompeiana:

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the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii, the result of excavations since 1819.

Stock Code 91242

London, Bohn, 1852



Sir William Gell (1777–1836) was a British archaeologist well known for his drawings of sites and objects of classical interest. Gell sought to describe the latest archaeological discoveries in the Roman city destroyed by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. Pompeiana reveals both the history of the excavations, the individual finds, and the processes of field archaeology itself during a more romantic age. A beautifully bound example.


Third edition; 8vo., 208 pp., 77 engraved plates (2 in colour, some folding), engraved vignettes, contemporary green morocco gilt, covers with gilt borders, panelled spine in six compartments, gilt lettered direct in second, others richly gilt, all edges gilt, a fine example.

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Shapero Rare Books is an internationally renowned dealer in antiquarian & rare books and works on paper.

Our Bookshop and Gallery can be found in the heart of Mayfair at 106 New Bond Street, where most of our stock is available to view and on public display.

We exhibit at major international art fairs, including TEFAF (Maastricht and New York), Frieze Masters, Art Miami and Masterpiece London, as well as antiquarian & rare book fairs including New York, Paris, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Hong Kong.

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Pompeiana:

GELL, Sir William.

Stock code: 91242

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