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NAPLES AND THE CAMPAGNA FELICE: IN A SERIES OF LETTERS TO A FRIEND IN ENGLAND IN 1802 by [ENGELBACH, Lewis]
- Bookseller: G. Gosen Rare Books & Old Paper
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- Seller Inventory #: NLB0831006
- Quantity available: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: R. Ackermann, London: June 1, 1815.
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R. Ackermann, London: June 1, 1815. First edition, [1 blank; frontispiece, Greco-Roman style painted title page with an aquaforte from Pompeii, looking towards a smoking Mt. Vesuvius; fold-out hand-colored map of the country, islands in the vicinity of Naples; vi; 400 pages; x; 1 blank] Nine hand-colored plates by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), delt., sculpt., two hand-colored maps (one of Capri), a hand-colored schematic of the barracks and theaters at Pompeii, a hand-colored view of the Temple of Isis in Pompeii, a hand-colored view of the gate and high street of Pompeii, two plates of hand-colored reproductions of the ancient Greek paintings in Herculaneum, and a hand-colored view of Naples initialed "MED." 8vo; 25cm; three-quarters maroon gilt morocco on marbled boards, elaborate gilt spine, matching endpapers, page edges gilt all around, bookplate of a prior owner, green silk bookmark, all plates interlined. Two brief marginal notes: one on page 125 about the Romans burning their dead and one on page 10 about the location of Virgil's mausoleum. A fine copy in a luxuriant masculine binding, the text of which is bright and equally fine and free from foxing. The initial and concluding blanks have a faint hint of foxing, which does not extend any further into the text of the book than the last page of the index. An important guide to the ancient Roman culture in Naples, Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Capri, written by a visitor familiar with the Classical Literature, who correlated what he saw with what he had learned about the history and geography of these places. The discoveries of Posilipo, Pompeii, and Stabiae are discussed. The association of Tiberius with Capri is also discussed. Of particular interest is the design of a mechanical device invented to unroll the charred papyri being found in the ruins. The veneration of the blood of St. Januarius is also described. Of most particular interest is the revivification of an ancient Roman named Eupator in a "dream" in which the world of 1802 meets a Roman citizen from 79 A.D. Having been rediscovered in only 1748, the author's observations about the ruins of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae have the fresh quality of a detailed and informed report from a new dig. Abbey TRAVEL 166
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