Pompeian decorations

Robert Alexander Briggs

RA Collection: Book

Record number

15/2125

Author

Imprint

London: B.T. Batsford, 94, High Holborn, [1912]

Physical Description

[35] pages, 27 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 37 cm. (hbk).

General Note

No publication date is given. Most sources state 1912, a few 1911. The book was reviewed in the The Spectator, 29 June 1912.
Title printed in red and black.
“List of books on architecture, decorative art, etc., for amateurs and art lovers, published and sold by B.T. Batsford.” [Loosely inserted]

Provenance

The front pastedown carries a 20th century Royal Academy bookplate on which is typed "Ex Libris Sir Edwin Cooper, R.A., 1961"

Subject

Architecture, Roman - Interior design, Roman - Cities - Italy - Campania - Naples - Pompeii (Extinct city) - History - 1st century
Decoration and ornament, Roman
Interior decoration Italy Pompeii (Extinct city)

Contributors

Sir Edwin Cooper RA, previous owner, donor
B. T. Batsford Ltd., publisher