Isbn: 9780241894675 - sir william gell in italy: letters to the society of dilettanti, 1831-35 (6 résultats)

Etat : very good. Gently used. May include previous owner's signature or bookplate on the front endpaper, sticker on back and/or remainder mark on text block.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing (1976). 182pp. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE copy, now preserved in archival jacket protector.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; x, 182 p., [13] p. of plates: ill., facsims., ports.; 23 cm. Subjects; Gell, William Sir (1777-1836) - Correspondence. Gell, William Sir (1777-1836) - Journeys. Gell, William Sir (1777-1836) - Concordances. Society of Dilettanti (London, England). Excavations (Archaeology) - Italy. Archaeologists - Italy - Correspondence. Intellectuals - Great Britain - Correspondence. Intellectuals - Italy - Correspondence. Archaeologists - Great Britain - Correspondence. Italy - Antiquities. Naples (Italy) - Social life and customs. Italy - Description and travel - (1801-1860). Italy - Description & travel, (1831-1835) - Correspondence. Italy - Description & travel - (1796-1870). Pompeii. Genres; Autobiography. Bibliography. Illustrated. text. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; x, 182 p., [13] p. of plates: ill., facsims., ports.; 23 cm. Subjects; Gell, William Sir (1777-1836) - Correspondence. Gell, William Sir (1777-1836) - Journeys. Gell, William Sir (1777-1836) - Concordances. Society of Dilettanti (London, England). Excavations (Archaeology) - Italy. Archaeologists - Italy - Correspondence. Intellectuals - Great Britain - Correspondence. Intellectuals - Italy - Correspondence. Archaeologists - Great Britain - Correspondence. Italy - Antiquities. Naples (Italy) - Social life and customs. Italy - Description and travel - (1801-1860). Italy - Description & travel, (1831-1835) - Correspondence. Italy - Description & travel - (1796-1870). Pompeii. Genres; Autobiography. Bibliography. Illustrated. text. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Sir William Gell [1777 - 1836] member of the Society of Dilettanti, scholar and traveller and author of books on Troy, Greece and Rome. This book is based on hitherto unpublished letters written between April 1831 and March 1835. They are a highly important and fascinating picture of social, archaeological and intellectual life in Rome and Naples in the early nineteenth century. They are edited by Edith Clay in collaboration with Martin Frederiksen.40pp of the letters + appendices: John Auldjo's accounts of the cruise of the Francesco Primo, sketch of the character of Sir William Gell, Picnic at Veii. 182pp inc bibliography and index. 12 black and white plates + drawings in text.22cm x 14cmOwner's inscription [quite large writing ] front end page, otherwise Very Good in Very slightly rubbed pictorial dustwrapper.…

Hardback. 1976. First edition. A fine copy with a previous owners bookplate to the front pastedown. The d/w is unclipped and fine.