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79 - [HERCULANUM]. MARÉCHAL (P. Sylvain). ANTIQUITIES OF HERCULANUM, or the Finest Ancient Paintings, Marbles, Bronzes, Furniture, etc. etc., found in the excavations at Herculaneum, Stabiae, and Pompeii, engraved by F. A. David, with explanations by P. S. Maréchal. Paris: Published by the author, F. A. David, 1780. Nine quarto volumes in marbled fawn calfskin, gilded scrollwork framing on the covers, smooth spine divided by scrolls and small gilded garlands, title and volume number labels in red and green morocco leather, ornate edges and caps (contemporary binding). FIRST EDITION, complete in all nine volumes. It is adorned with an illustrated and engraved title page for each volume and 691 PLATES, depicting 1,222 figures, drawn and engraved by François-Anne DAVID. A copy with a complete set of the phallic figures (numbers 142 through 163 in Volume VII and plate 31 in Volume VIII), which are often missing. Excludes the three rare supplementary volumes published after the Revolution (1797, 1798, and 1803).
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[HERCULANUM]. MARÉCHAL (P. Sylvain). ANTIQUITIES OF HERCULANUM, or the Finest Ancient Paintings, Marbles, Bronzes, Furniture, etc. etc., found in the excavations at Herculaneum, Stabiae, and Pompeii, engraved by F. A. David, with explanations by P. S. Maréchal. Paris: Published by the author, F. A. David, 1780. Nine quarto volumes in marbled fawn calfskin, gilded scrollwork framing on the covers, smooth spine divided by scrolls and small gilded garlands, title and volume number labels in red and green morocco leather, ornate edges and caps (contemporary binding). FIRST EDITION, complete in all nine volumes. It is adorned with an illustrated and engraved title page for each volume and 691 PLATES, depicting 1,222 figures, drawn and engraved by François-Anne DAVID. A copy with a complete set of the phallic figures (numbers 142 through 163 in Volume VII and plate 31 in Volume VIII), which are often missing. Excludes the three rare supplementary volumes published after the Revolution (1797, 1798, and 1803).
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