Ausfuhrliche Beschreibung samt hinlanglicher Nachricht von Heracleja oder Hercules-Stadt : welche, nach dem sie 1800. Jahr unter der Erde vorgraben gelegen ... von Marchese Don Marcello de Venuti
1749, First Edition. Franckfurt ; Leipzig ; Wienn : Bey Joh. Paul Krauss. Finely bound in modern leather-backed, marbled boards. Gilt-blocked title to spine with raised bands. New endpapers. All edges red. Pages slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186 pages; 1st German edition. 186p. 17cm. Subjects: Herculaneum (Extinct city) -- Archaeology -- Antiquity -- Italy -- Europe. Text printed in German Gothic font. Title page in red and black. Language: German. First comprehensive scholarly report on the uncovering of Herculaneum and on the inscriptions and works of art found there. Translation of: Descrizione delle prime scoperte dell'antica citta d'Ercolano. Spine title: Beschreibung. Bound with: Nachricht von der am Fus des Berges Vesuvius entdekten unterirdischen Stadt Herculaneum / von Johann Peter Eberhard. Erfurt ; Leipzig : Weber, 1749. 16, 48p. Item #220044
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