POMPEII. CASA DEI VETTII. PICCOLI AMORINI
by Discanno, Geramia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- About Very Good
- Seller
-
Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Napoli, Italy: Negenborn & Bokwinkel, 1890. Bound in red linen covered flexible boards. There are 8 pages, each with an original color lithograph. Italian painter Geramia Discanno (1839-1907) spent years reproducing the frescoes of ancient Pompeii. The eight color lithographs in this book beautifully represent a portion of that effort. The book is in about very good condition: externally bright, with some soiling of the red cloth; internally, clean and bright lithographs with some toning of paper limited to the white margins.. First Edition. Hardcover. About Very Good. Illus. by Geramia Discanno. 8 inches by 18 3/4 Inches. Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W2454
- Title
- POMPEII. CASA DEI VETTII. PICCOLI AMORINI
- Author
- Discanno, Geramia
- Illustrator
- Geramia Discanno
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - About Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Negenborn & Bokwinkel
- Place of Publication
- Napoli, Italy
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 8 inches by 18 3/4 Inches
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology; Art;
Terms of Sale
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
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- First Edition
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