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