Herculaneum--Bayardi, Ottavio Antonio.

估價

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

招標截止

描述

Catalogo degli antichi monumenti dissotterari dalla discoperta citta di Ercolano. Naples: Regia Stamperia, 1754, first edition, volume 1 (all published), half-title, engraved vignette on title, a few engraved head- and tailpieces in the text
Paper

Le Antichita de Ercolano eposte. Naples: Regia Stamperia, 1757–1792, first editions, 8 volumes, half-titles, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, engraved general title in volume 1, double-page map, 5 portraits of Carlos III, portrait of Ferdinand IV, 607 engraved plates (only, of 608), a few double-page, numerous engraved head- and tailpieces and initials throughout, lacking volume 4 plate 5

together 9 volumes, folio (465 x 344mm.), uniformly bound in contemporary russia gilt, occasional light spotting, many covers detached, bindings worn

出版

Blackmer 37 and 97 (second edition, 1755); cf. Berlin Katalog 3947; Cicognara 2645; BAL RIBA 112 and 224 (second edition)

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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拍品資料及來源

A rare set with first editions of all nine volumes. Following the publication of Bayardi's catalogue of the finds at Herculaneum, Carlos III, King of the Two Sicilies, founded the Accademia Ercolanense in 1755 to expedite the publication of the illustrated volumes, though Bayardi remained as editor of the first two in the series Le antichità di Ercolano esposte. In all 8 volumes were published over a considerable period (the final volume appeared in 1792, 35 years after volume 1). The work is the most important source in the development of neo-classical art.

Copies of this work are often found lacking many of the portraits, indeed, the Blackmer copy contained only one. Also, both the Blackmer and Kissner copies had only the second edition of Bayardi's Catalogo (1755).