Click for full-size.
Herculanum et Pompéi: recueil général des peintures bronzes, mosaïques, etc.: découverts jusqu'à ce jour, et reproduits d'après la Antichita di Ercolano, il Museo Borbonico, et tous les ouvrages analogues (7 Volumes)
by Roux, Aine. Henri; Barre, L
- Used
- Condition
- G, All volumes have general shelf wear corner/edge damagegeneral. Shelf wear to book and slipcase, Interrior fold out boxes all
- Seller
-
Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris: Firmin Didot, 1870. Slipcased. G, All volumes have general shelf wear corner/edge damagegeneral. Shelf wear to book and slipcase, Interrior fold out boxes all have minor wear. All volumes have damage where spine connects to cover. Vol 1 part of label detached on book spine, joints starting to wear, pencil inscription on FFEP All bookblocks have age toning. Interior pages have general age toning. interior pages otherwise very clean.. Marbled paper boards with red leather spine label on both book and slipcase spines. Each volume in fold out box in inside slipcase. Gilt lettering and border on labels. Ex-libris plates on front pastedown of all volumes. B&W plates throughout, some folded. Brown slipcase. French with occasional Latin. All volumes paginated seperately. (7 Volumes). From the libraries of Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) and his daughter Mabel Choate (1870-1958). Joseph was an American lawyer and diplimat known for serving as UK ambassador under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, playing a rule in the Kansas prohibition and Chinese exclusion cases, and playing a role in the founding of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, while Mabel was an accomplished horticulturist, traveller, preservationist, and art collector. The book features plates depicting architecture and interior decoration from excavated buildings in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Includes explanatory text by L. Barre. Each volume in slipcase and fold out box.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 178190
- Title
- Herculanum et Pompéi: recueil général des peintures bronzes, mosaïques, etc.: découverts jusqu'à ce jour, et reproduits d'après la Antichita di Ercolano, il Museo Borbonico, et tous les ouvrages analogues (7 Volumes)
- Author
- Roux, Aine. Henri; Barre, L
- Format/Binding
- Slipcased
- Book Condition
- Used - G, All volumes have general shelf wear corner/edge damagegeneral. Shelf wear to book and slipcase, Interrior fold out boxes all
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Firmin Didot
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- Classical Art/Antiquities, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Roman ; Pompeii and Herculaneum ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classical Art/Antiquities;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
S&H is complicated, so please inquire for actual rates to your location if outside the US! Minimum s&h within the US $8.99, via media mail or first class if small. Discounts on shipping for multiple items. Overseas or overnight at cost +$4 supplies and handling. We currently are not shipping to Germany via Biblio - please contact us for information. Items returnable with prior notice if not as described within 7 days of delivery. Items 16 pages or less not returnable at all.
About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Biblio member since 2004
Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Specializing in Fine and Decorative Arts, Photography and Gallimaufry since 1993. Visits encouraged by appointment to see our 70,000+ volumes. Many titles not online, call with wants and needs.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Collecting the 1939 New York World’s Fair
Born in the midst of the Great Depression, the theme of the 1939 World’s Fair was “The World of Tomorrow” - a theme that captured the hearts of a generation. Check out the maps, souvenirs, and other ephemera on Biblio!
What did people buy in 2020?
Plague journals, escapist literature, political history: explore our year in review, where we share rare book trends and a gallery of some of the most beautiful and interesting books sold in 2020.
