Lot 151 of 230:
Treatise on ancient port of Rome, 1827  

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Title:
Delle Via Portuense e dell' antica Citta' di Porto

Author:
Nibby, Antonio

Place:
Roma

Publisher:
Per i tipi di Angelo Ajani

Date:
1827

Description:

100, [1] pp. (8vo) 21x14 cm (8¼x5½"), later half vellum & mottled boards, leather spine label. First Edition.

Scarce tract on the Roman harbour at Ostia, OCLC/WorldCat lists only six copies - the listing for the British Library copy calls it "an important contribution on the subject, and enlarges on the earlier work of Carlo Fea, published in his Relazione di un viaggio ad Ostie e alla vilia..." The British Library listing calls for a map, but the others do not. There is not map present in this copy. Rubberstamps of the British Archaeological Society and the American Academy in Rome on the title page, paper shelf label on spine.


Lot Amendments

Condition:
Some light foxing within, very good.


 
Item number:
296439
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