Catalogo degli antichi monumenti dissotterrati dalla discoperta città di Ercolano : per ordine della Maestà di Carlo Re ... / composto e steso da Monsignor Ottavio Antonio Bayardi ...
Ottavio Antonio Baiardi (1694 - 1764) Archbishop of Tyre
Category
Books
Date
1755
Materials
Place of origin
Naples
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3183275
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], xxii, 447, [1] p. : ill. ; fol. Shelved and uniformly bound with “Le antichità di Ercolano esposte.” vols. 1-4; vols. 5-7 are bound to match the rest of the set. Provenance: eighteenth-century pencil manuscript on half-title: Given to the Honble Charles Yorke by the King [i.e. Charles Yorke (1722-1770), younger brother of the 2nd Earl of Hardwicke; Lord Chancellor, 1770]. Binding: Eighteenth-century polished, diced sheep over boards on seven raised cords; gilt spine tooling; olive-green and dark blue spine labels; gilt roll and floral corner tools on covers; gilt roll on board edges; remains of green painted edges; light green silk bookmark. Spine title: Antiquities of Herculaneum Tom I.
Makers and roles
Ottavio Antonio Baiardi (1694 - 1764) Archbishop of Tyre, author