Paoli, Two works on Pozzuoli and Paestum, 1768 & 1784, 2 volumes, contemporary calf-backed boards

PAOLI, PAOLO ANTONIO

Two works on the antiquities of Pozzuoli and Paestum, comprising:

Avanzi delle antichita esistenti a Pozzuoli, Cuma e Baja. [Naples, 1768], engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page, engraved dedication, 36 engraved explanatory text leaves (parallel text in Italian and Latin), folding engraved view of Pozzuoli, double-page engraved map of Pozzuoli, 64 engraved plates (2 double-page), 2 engraved text leaves containing index

Paestanae dissertationes... Della città di Pesto. Rome: (Paleari), 1784, 2 additional engraved title-pages (one in Latin, one in Italian), engraved dedication, engraved head- and tailpieces and initials, double-page map of Paestum, folding double-page view of Paestum, double-page plan of Paestum, 45 engraved plates (2 folding)

2 volumes, folio (c. 510 x 365mm.), uniform contemporary calf-backed mottled boards, flat spines gilt with red morocco lettering-pieces, many leaves repaired, particularly in the second work, washed and resewn, bindings neatly repaired

A photocopied typed note is pasted to the flyleaf of each work, stating that these volumes were found in 1962 when unwanted books at Ombersley were being selected for sale. The note also states that the books were repaired in 1973 by Fiona Campbell at Camberwell College. At the end of the second work is a note by A. Winstanley, bookbinder in Salisbury, detailing the repairs done to this volume, dated 1 November 1973.

LITERATURE:

BAL RIBA 2423 & 2424

PROVENANCE:

Arthur Augustus Edwin Hill (1800-1831, son of Arthur Hill, second marquess of Downshire, and Mary Sandys, first baroness Sandys), Naples, January 1823, inscription on inside front cover of each volume. Lord Augustus Hill seems to have been attaché to the British Minister in Naples.