Abbott, Henry Antiquities of Rome
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Abbott, Henry Antiquities of Rome London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1820. First edition, large folio (57.6 x 41.6cm), contemporary half calf (front board gilt-lettered 'Charleton' and with gilt calf title-label 'Rome' to centre), letterpress title-page, etched panorama of Rome on 4 folding sheets, 24 sepia aquatint plates, descriptive text-leaf to each plate, tissue-guards, backstrip perished, panorama with faint spotting and offsetting in places and first sheet with faint crease across one corner, plates faintly offset onto text-leaves through tissue-guards [Abbey Travel 179]
Note: Rare. The work seems often to have been broken up for its spectacular plates, here all present and in excellent condition. Provenance: Charleton House, Fife.
Note: Rare. The work seems often to have been broken up for its spectacular plates, here all present and in excellent condition. Provenance: Charleton House, Fife.
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Abbott, Henry Antiquities of Rome
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