A magnificent work, with the plates reproducing the wall decorations and mosaics discovered in Pompeii and Herculaneum. It was published originally in three parts between 1796 and 1808. Twenty-five Italian engravers participated in the work of the works, including R. Aloja, G. Azzerboni, C. Cataneo, N. Cesarano, G. Guerra, Fiorillo, D. Casanova, F. Giomignani, A. Lamberti, Scarpati, and A. Zaballi.
Description
Elephant folio (84 x 60 cm), engraved title-page, one page of text, 49 engraved plates, all captioned, some with loose tissue, original green boards, several plates with some minor spotting in margins.