Extremely rare set of 2 volumes. Stabilimento Fratelli Niccolini, Napoli, 1854-1862. First edition. Elephant folio. Volume I: ca 200 pages of text, 89 chromolithographed plates. Volume II: ca 200 pages of text, 107 chromolithographed plates. Contemporary half-leather, browned, but well preserved, inside in excellent condition, a magnificent set. These are the first two volumes (of four) of this famous and fascinating work on the most important houses of Pompei. The work was followed by two additional volumes in 1890 and 1896. The two volumes are complete with all their plates and illustrate the following houses (the number in parenthesis indicate the number of plates for each house): Volu;e I: Casa del poeta tragico (8); casa di Castore e Polluce (11); casa della seconda fontana (6); tempio della fortuna (2); casa del fauno (9); casa n. 57 (3); casa di Sirico (2); Panteon (6); tomba d'Umbricio (1); tempio di Mercurio (1); casa di Capitelli colorati (4); sepolcro di Nevoleja (1); casa di Marco Lucrezio (9); terme alla Porta Stabiana (8); caserrma de' Gladiatori (5); teatri (3); tempio d'Iside (12). Volume II: villa Diomede (7); casa di Capitelli figurati (3); cenotafio di C. Quieti (1); descrizione generale (96). Rare and in excellent condition. Language: . This set ships from Europe, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (BPF). Relevant subjects: Rome.