Oct 16, 2018 - Sale 2488

Sale 2488 - Lot 38

Price Realized: $ 845
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(CAPRI.) Hadrawa [or Hadrava], Norbert. Ragguagli di Varii Scavi, e Scoverte di Antichità fatte nell'Isola di Capri. 9 folding hand-colored etched or engraved plates. [4], 132, [4] pages. 8vo, 189x114 mm, contemporary sheep gilt, small hole toward bottom of spine; occasional heavy foxing or browning of text, mostly marginal foxing on plates, front free endpaper lacking, rear free endpaper cropped and adhered to rear pastedown. Naples: Vincenzo Orsino, 1793

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first edition of a collection of letters by an Austrian diplomat in Naples dealing with his archaeological excavations on Capri, and with the island and its inhabitants in general.