"BAIARDI (Ottavio Antonio). Prodromo delle antichita d'Ercol - Lot 78

"BAIARDI (Ottavio Antonio). Prodromo delle antichita d'Ercolano. Naples, nelle regale stamperia palatina, 1752. 2 vols. in-4 (of 5), I: xlviii pp., 520 pp. ; II: faux-titre, title, pp. 521-1048 ; brown calf, large gilt garland framing, fleurs-de-lis at corners, large gilt coat of arms at center of boards, ornate ribbed spine, fawn titling (Ep. binding). First edition of the first 2 (of 5) volumes of this treatise on the first discoveries and excavations at Herculaneum. In-text figures and 6 hors-texte plates. Present-day binding with the arms of Charles VII, King of Naples and Sicily. Ex-libris H. L. Hobart. Rubbing, snags to headpieces including a wormhole at foot of Volume I. Some freckling."