The Topography of Rome and Its Vicinity.

  • Gell, William
  • London: Saunders and Oatley 1834

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Description

FIRST EDITION, 2 vols., 8vo, [vii], 456, [1]; 414, [2, ads] + 7 plates. Original textured brown cloth, spines blocked in gilt. Spines slightly worn at head and the merest touch sunned, a little cracking to cloth at joints, a handful of minor marks. Fasque booklabel to pastedowns (i.e. the Aberdeenshire house of Sir John Gladstone, 1st Baronet).

Notes

The first edition of Sir William Gell's Roman follow-up to his masterwork on Pompeii (1817), scarce in the original cloth. Unlike Pompeiana, this work is structured like a gazetteer, with alphabetical entries, followed by an appendix on history and languages. Gell was a friend of Walter Scott and Lord Byron, who mentions Gell in his 'English Bards': 'Of Dardan tours let dilettanti tell I leave topography to classics Gell.'

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