[Pozzuoli]. Paoli, Paolo Antonio. Avanzi delle antichità esistenti a Pozzuoli, Cuma e Baja. [Naples], 1768. In 2nd (460 x 338 mm). Allegorical frontispiece drawn and engraved by La Marra, figured frontispiece engraved by Volpato, text on 2 columns in Italian and Latin fully engraved, 1 index card and 68 plates engraved in etching by Giovanni Volpato, by Cardon, by La Marra, including 3 double-page spreads and 1 view of Pozzuoli folded several times (missing allegorical table of dedication to King Ferdinand IV, one index card and table 3, traces of moisture at upper margin). Coeval half-leather binding (defects and missing). One of the most important collections of views of Pozzuoli and its surroundings, a systematic documentation of the ancient remains, many of which are depicted in this work for the first time. Cigognara 2692.

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