24 plates pertaining to ceremonies and religious customs of Greeks and Romans. Full gilt ruled calf. Gilt particulars and decoration to spine. Gilt rolled edges and inner dentelles. Corners bumped. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Notation inked to verso of front fly; worming to edge of plate [I] at p. 109, otherwise, a nice clean copy without further markings. ; 120, 164 pages; 10 x 16 inches. Please expect possible extra postage for overseas orders due to weight and size. First Edition. View More...
Inscribed by the author, Clemens Herschel, to front fly. Recased full blue cloth with gilt particulars and pictorial to cover. Faded gilt particulars to spine, which suffers losses. Moisture marks to initial pages not affecting text. An otherwise clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. View More...
Full gilt ruled/Greek-keyed mottled calf surrounding Haystoune coat-of-arms; five raised bands with ruled & floriated compartments; red morocco label to spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. Ninety-six full copper-engraved plates including many by Piranesi. Part 1: xxxvi,143, with 59 interleaved plates (the first of which is a large folding map); Part 2: viii, 143, [1], with interleaved plates 60-96. Wear to hinges, otherwise a nice clean copy. 8.5 x 11.5 in View More...
Two parts in one volume; viii, 548 pages, [54] plate leaves. Plate at page 66 re-inserted with loss to edges; lacks plate called for at p. 47 (though without sign of its removal) but has the elusive Villa Borghesi plate at p. 115. Full gilt ruled/Greek keyed mottled calf; five raised bands with ruled & floriated compartments; red morocco label to spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. Much less common than Venuti's Antiquity. Wear to binding at hinges, otherwise a handsome presentation.8.5 x 11.5 in View More...
Brown paper-covered boards with title written to spine by 17th-century hand. Text in English. Portrait of author to title page, two one-page maps, one fold-out map, 18pp table at end of text, and errata sheet are all present. Frontispiece absent; page 89 has been reattached; pages 99-100 absent but provided in facsimile. Title page contains a scratched-out previous owners' name done in ink, as well as some light doodles also in ink (see image). Wear to hinges, particularly the front hinge; dent to rear board (see image). 8.25 x 13 inches. View More...
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