Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Reale Accademia Ercolanese di Archeologia
Title:
The antiquities of Herculaneum / translated from the Italian; by Thomas Martyn and John Lettice ... ; containing pictures.
Alternate Title(s):
Antichita di Ercolano esposte. English
Published / Created:
London : Printed for S. Leacroft, at the Globe, Charing-Cross, MDCCLXXIII [1773]
Physical Description:
xi, [1], lxxiii, [1], 236, [2] p., [50] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill., map ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary full calf, rebacked. Bookplates of Walter Flinn and John Pope. Inscribed: John Pope's 1776.
Subject Terms:
Herculaneum (Extinct city) -- Early works to 1800. | Art, Greco-Roman -- Early works to 1800. | Leacroft, S. -- Publisher. | Pope, John -- Bookplate. | Flinn, Walter -- Bookplate. | Pope, John -- Autograph, 1776. | Nettleton, Charles -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1773. | Etchings -- 1773. | Subscriber's lists.
Contributors:
Baiardi, Ottavio Antonio, 1694–1764. | Lettice, John, 1737–1832. | Martyn, Thomas, 1735–1825. | Bannerman, Alexander, approximately 1730, engraver. | Grignion, Charles, 1721–1810, engraver. | Lamborn, Peter Spendelowe, 1722–1774, engraver. | Müller, Tobias, active 1744–1790, engraver. | Taylor, Isaac, 1730–1807, engraver. | Leacroft, S. (Samuel), -1795, publisher.