MBA004: Lot 51. FUMAGALLI, Paolo.

Engraved between 1824 -1827, this beautiful iconographic work offers an impressive display of maps, archaeological items and mosaics alongside views and striking glimpses of Pompeii’s city and ruins. Paolo Fumagalli (1797-1873), the printmaker, owned a typography in Florence where he published his finest illustrated works.

Description

Folio. 2 title-pages with engraved vignettes, text in 2 columns in Italian and French, 81 engraved aquatint plates and maps, including 3 double-page and 2 handcoloured (one partially), of which 48 are views and scenes, some minor staining mainly marginal, modern calf-backed marbled boards, vellum tips.

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