1848 Wm Zahn, Fine folio book on Pompeian wall painting, 50 colour lithographs

Zahn, Wilhelm

Ornamente der klassischen Kunstepochen..

[Die schönsten Ornamente und merkwürdigsten Gemälde aus Pompeji, Herkulanum und Stabiae… Zweite Folge]

Berlin, Georg Reimer, 1848

Ten parts in one volume, oblong folio (42 × 29.5), (10) ff. letterpress, fifty plates (numbered 51–100, of which are printed in colours. Calf backed marbled boards with gilt lettering to spine.

RARE ON THE MARKET. A monumental work on Pompeian wall painting, published over a period of thirty-one years, and seldom encountered complete or in an acceptable state of preservation. After Wilhelmina Zahn’s return from Naples in 1831, he commenced publication at Berlin on this, his third work, Ornamente aller klassischen Kunstepochen nach den Originalen in ihren eigenthümlichen Farben dargestellt, utilising the corpus of drawings which he had assembled during his visits to Italy. - Some moderate foxing and browning. Some edge wear along edges and joints to binding