2022-07 Raynors HCA Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/16/2022
Supplement to the Gentleman’s Magazine for the Year 1775, 44pp., disbound, VG. Very unusual at the end of the volume is this “Direction for Placing PLATES” followed by 15 full page engravings, 2 of which are pullouts. The 1st pullout, 10” x 8-1/4” illustrates 9 various wagons; the 2nd pullout, 10” x 8-1/4” is titled “Elevation and Geometrical Profile of the Abbe Church of St. Nicaise at Rheims”. There are SIX full page engravings titled “Curiosities found in the Ruins of Herculaneum” including plates III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII. Addionally there are seven one-off engravings. The particular circumstances of the burial of Herculaneum, unlike those of Pompeii, led to the formation over the city of a compact mass of tufaceous material about 50 to 60 feet (15 to 18 metres) deep. Although this layer made excavation very difficult, it preserved Herculaneum and prevented tampering and looting.
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