Quadro in musaico scoperto in Pompei a di 24 Ottobre 1831.
Naples, Stamperia Reale, 1832.
4to. (2), 91, (1), XXIV pp. With 11 (1 coloured, 2 folding) engr. plates and 2 colour specimens in the text. Contemp. half calf with original wrapper cover mounted.
$943.00
First edition of the first scholarly description of the Alexander Mosaic discovered in the House of the Faun in Pompeii in fall 1831.
Slightl browning; top right corner shows small Vesuvian burn stain throughout (not touching text). From the library of Duke Max in Bavaria (1808-88), father of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
References
Borroni 7504.