Pompeiana: . the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii, the result of excavations since 1819. By Sir William Gell, ... In two volumes. ...
Sir William Gell (1777-1836)
Category
Books
Date
1835
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3130505
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v., LXXXVIII leaves of plates . ill.. (some col.),port..,maps . 8vo.. Manuscript pencil portrait of Gell (probably by Gardner Wilkinson) preceding v.1 letterpress title page. - manuscript price on front pastedown: '1-15-0' and code on rear pastedown 'L-SM'. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: 'John Gardner Wilkinson Brynfield House.' [i.e. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1795-1875)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full red cloth, gilt-lettered 'Gell's Pompeiana'.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.
Makers and roles
Sir William Gell (1777-1836)