NICCOLINI (Antonio). Mosaic Painting Discovered in Pompeii o - Lot 44

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NICCOLINI (Antonio). Mosaic Painting Discovered in Pompeii o - Lot 44
NICCOLINI (Antonio). Mosaic Painting Discovered in Pompeii on October 24, 1831. Naples, Royal Printing Office, 1832, in-4, title page–91 pp.–XXIV pp.–11 plates. Bound in fawn half-calf, smooth spine decorated with a gilded frieze running the length of the spine, title label, marbled edges. (Contemporary binding).—A fine copy, fresh and well bound. First description of the mosaic then recently discovered in the Hall of the Faun at Pompeii. Woodcut title vignette, 11 plates engraved after Maldarelli. Two are folded; one is colored. Color sample at the bottom of page 80. Text in Italian. INCLUDED: - PANCKOUCKE (C.-L.-F.). Iconography of the Latin-French Library, published by... Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1839; small in-4. 4 unnumbered folios—VIII—24 unnumbered folios. Contemporary red-paper Bradel binding, title running lengthwise. — Scattered light foxing, more pronounced on the endpapers; slight water stain at the end of the volume. The VIII ff. contain: “Numismatic Introduction on the Right of Image” by Du Mersan. This is followed by 24 plates engraved by Sixdeniers after Laguiche. Each plate features a black-and-white portrait and a medal colored in olive green or yellow, accented with gold and silver. A text leaf precedes each plate. This rare atlas accompanies Panckoucke’s famous “Bibliothèque Latine-Française.”
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