MORGHEN, Filippo (1730-1807). Le Antichita di Pozzuoli, Baja, e Cuma. Naples: Nicola Gervasi, 1803. Oblong 2° (356 x 480mm). Engraved title, 3 maps and 41 engraved plates. (Some soiling, mainly marginal.) Original half vellum (extremities worn).
MORGHEN, Filippo (1730-1807). Le Antichita di Pozzuoli, Baja, e Cuma. Naples: Nicola Gervasi, 1803. Oblong 2° (356 x 480mm). Engraved title, 3 maps and 41 engraved plates. (Some soiling, mainly marginal.) Original half vellum (extremities worn).

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MORGHEN, Filippo (1730-1807). Le Antichita di Pozzuoli, Baja, e Cuma. Naples: Nicola Gervasi, 1803. Oblong 2° (356 x 480mm). Engraved title, 3 maps and 41 engraved plates. (Some soiling, mainly marginal.) Original half vellum (extremities worn).

Numerous fine views of the archeological ruins of the Neapolitan region. The engravings by Filippo Morghen and his son Raffaello include Hadrian's house, the ruins at the lake of Averno, Jupiter's temple in Cuma, the Campi Elisi and the port of Miseno.

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