£190
Fine Bindings. Gell (Sir William, MA, FRS & FSA), Pompeiiana: The Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii, the Result of Excavations Since 1819, two-volume set, London: Lewis A. Lewis, 1835, illustrated with 84 full-page engraved plates, of which 2 are hand-coloured, volume II frontispiece damps-stained, finely bound by Currie & Bowman in contemporary green morocco gilt, their stamp to each ffep, slightly rubbed in places, one joint begining to split but holding, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers, split at each recto and verso gutter but holding, contemporaneous bookseller's blind-stamps: Kaye, Booksellers of Newcastle, 8vo, (2)
Provenance: George Fenwick, 19th c crested bookplates to each pastedown.
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