Herculaneum The following busts are copper etchings from "Raccolta di Pitture d'Ercolano" a collection of prints which was published between the years 1752 - 1762. A very attractive series, decorative and impressive! Near very fine condition! Prints have very wide margins, a few minor spots, mostly in margins. Other faults are mentioned. Page size: 48.5 x 36 cm ( 19 x 14.1 ") Image sizes are given below.

Engraved by Fran. Cepparoli Napoli after Giovanni Battista Casanova (1730 - 1795) 33 x 21.5 cm ( 12.9 x 8.4 ") $ 280.00 Order Nr. ERCOLANO 4364

The Antiquities of Herculaneum Translated from the Italian by Thomas Martyn and John Lettice Bachelors of Divinity, and Fellows of Sidney College, Cambridge London, 1773. For anyone who enjoys decorating a home or an office with antique prints this is an opportunity to acquire some of the fine examples of early Roman samples of wall frescoes as they were found in Herculaneum. We are allowed to take a glimpse at the high standard of their life-style, which, in turn, may give us an idea of how make use of the classic values for ourselves to our own joy and to the enlightment of our guests. Page size: ca. 30.5 x 22.5 cm ( 12 x 8.9 ") Image size given below. All prints are in Very Good Condition with light toning unless otherwise mentioned.

Pl. 1: Out of the four Monochromi upon marble, most perfect in their kind, and inenstimable for their singularity. The ladies here represented: Latona, Niobe, Phoebe, Ileaira and Aglaia. Here we have the rare possibilty to even tell the artist, Alexander of Athens, and thus can date the painting at least roughly from the form of the Greek characters to some time before the Christian Era Image has light foxing and one small thin spot (the size of an "o"). 23.4 x 21.9 cm ( 9.2 x 8.6 ") $ 300.00 Order Nr. 4351

Pl. XI. Much guessing on the meaning of this picture has been made by scholars. The most likely among the many and differring conjectures: The discovery of Orestes as described by Euripides in his tragedy "Iphigenia in Tauris". In the youth on the far right sitting in a pensive and melancholic posture we recognize Orestes, the lady embracing him being his sister Iphigenia. The youth opposite the two would then represent Pylades who discovers to Iphigenia her brother to whom he was to deliver her letter. In the background we see a deity who seems to be placed in a niche of a temple who is most likely to be Diana. 23.9 x 19.4 cm ( 9.4 x 7.6 ") $ 250.00 Order Nr. 4359

Pl. XLVIII. The oak tree we see in this picture is flanked by two palms. Above all, in a shield?, we see a Medusa's head. The nymph underhe oak tree has a bill in her hand. The landscape underneith shows an Egyptian temple on the Nile, clearly recognizable from the crocodiles. 23.5 x 15.5 cm ( 9.3 x 6.1) $ 140.00 Order Nr. 4360	Pl. XLIX. This plate is clearly a companion of the former plate. Also showing a Medusa head in a shield, an oak tree and two palms. The scene is, again, happening on the Nile as indicated by the crocodile. 23.5 x 15.5 cm ( 9.3 x 6.1) $ 140.00 Order Nr. 4361

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