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Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii / by Sir William Gell, F.R.S.F.S.A. &c. and John P. Gandy, architect.

Accession number
PML 142321
Creator
Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836.
Published
London : Printed for Rodwell and Martin, New Bond Street, 1817-1819.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Added engraved t.p.
"Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars."-Colophon.
Illustrated with engravings executed by Charles Heath, G. Cooke, H. Moses, and others, with plans chiefly engraved by S. Porter.
"This volume will be found to contain what information was to be derived from the exacavated city of Pompeii to the close of 1818"--Advertisement, p. [xxxii].
List of the plates on p. [xxix]-xxxi.
Description
xxxi, [1], 273, [3] p., [4], 77 leaves of plates : ill. (engravings), maps, plans (some folded) ; 25 cm.
Provenance
Bookplate of Major General Apsley Cherry-Garrard; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Green morocco "Pompeian" panel stamped binding by Dawson and Lewis with ticket also bearing the name of the firm of Rodwell & Martin as bookseller.
Classification
Department