BAYARDI, Ottavio Antonio. Le Antichita di Ercolano esposte. Naples, 1757-92. 8 vols. 2o. Engraved title in first vol., each with engraved title vignette, engraved additional title, 8 engraved portrait frontispieces, 609 engraved plates, including one folding map and 5 double-page or folding plates. Contemporary sheep (backstrip of vol. 8 lacking, worn, a few joints cracked). Provenance: Edward Alexander Parsons (bookplate). Vast survey of the excavations at Herculaneum, depicting bronzes, wall-paintings, statues and monuments. Berlin Kat. 3947. (8)