Herculaneum.- David (François-Anne)

Les Antiquités d'Herculanum avec leurs explications en françois, par Sylvain Maréchal, 8 vol., First edition, 15 engraved title pages & 639 plates, reproducing the paintings and bronzes found at Herculaneum from the start of archaeological excavations in 1738, the copy is complete with the 19 priapic plates which are often missing at the end of volume VII, each figure is accompanied by a commentary by Pierre Sylvain Maréchal, some dustsoiling, minor toning in a few places, armorial bookplate of Barclay, Robert (1750-1830) of Bury Hill, Nephew of David Barclay, contemporary marbled calf, a little rubbed, spines starting cracking, triple gilt fillet, ornate spine, a.e.g., marbled endpapers, [Brunet, II, 536; Conlon 80:1375], 4to, David, Paris, 1780-1781 (8)

*** These 8 volumes represent the first issue of this work, although there were further volumes issue later (from 1797 and until 1803)