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BAYARDI, Ottavio Antonio (1694--1764)
Catalogo degli antichi monumenti dissotterrati dalla discoperta città di Ercolano per ordini della maestà di Carlo Re delle Due Sicilie, ... composto e steso da Monsignor Ottavio Antonio Bayardi protonotario apostolico, ...
In Napoli (Place), nella Regia Stampería di S.M.,, 1755.
[4], XXII, 447, [1] p. ; 50.7 cm. (2°)

At end of p. 447: 'Fine Del Primo Tomo.'; however, no further volumes were published. The first impression has the title-page dated 1754 and an engraved vignette by Piaggio after Paderni above the imprint. The Soane copy of the second impression of the first edition is a variant retaining the engraved vignette above the imprint, which is absent in some copies including the BAL copy. BAL, Early printed books, no. 224.

Copy Notes Untrimmed edges. Front free-endpaper inscribed in pencil 1..11..6.

Binding C18th half calf, marbled-paper boards, gilt-tooled spine, black leather spine-label.

Reference Number 1653

Additional Names Herculaneum (Extinct city) - Antiquities, Early works to 1800; Baiardi, Ottavio Antonio (1694--1764); Stamperia reale (Naples, Italy); Reale Accademia Ercolanese di Archeologia (Napoli)


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