Lysons (Samuel). An Account of Roman Antiquities Discovered at Woodchester in the County of Gloucester, London: Sold by Cadell & Davies, B & J. White Edwards, Payne, Robson, Nicol, Elmsley and leigh & Sotheby, 1797, text supplied in English and French, hand-coloured engraved title-page, hand-coloured dedication leaf to George III, list of plates, double-page coloured map, three coloured aquatint views of the surrounding area (of which two are double-page), 36 aquatint and other plates, mostly hand-coloured, of which six are double-page, scattered spotting to text leaves (plates not affected), one or two uncoloured double-page plates with minor offsetting, edges untrimmed, contemporary maroon cloth with gilt morocco spine label, faded and marked with wear to spine, large folio (Quantity: 1) Abbey, Scenery, 143; Upcott I, 272 - 274. Important account of the Roman villa discovered at Woodchester by Samuel Lysons in 1793, dating from circa 325 AD with its famous Orpheus mosaic, the largest Romain mosaic in Great Britain. The remarkably fine hand-coloured aquatints include views of the surrounding countryside as well as the mosaic pavement. 'The complete design of this pavement... for size and richness of ornaments, is, I believe, equalled by few of those discovered in other provinces of the Roman Empire and is undoubtedly superior to any thing of the same kind found hitherto in this country' (page 2) .
Lysons (Samuel). An Account of Roman Antiquities Discovered at Woodchester in the County of Gloucester, London: Sold by Cadell & Davies, B & J. White Edwards, Payne, Robson, Nicol, Elmsley and leigh & Sotheby, 1797, text supplied in English and French, hand-coloured engraved title-page, hand-coloured dedication leaf to George III, list of plates, double-page coloured map, three coloured aquatint views of the surrounding area (of which two are double-page), 36 aquatint and other plates, mostly hand-coloured, of which six are double-page, scattered spotting to text leaves (plates not affected), one or two uncoloured double-page plates with minor offsetting, edges untrimmed, contemporary maroon cloth with gilt morocco spine label, faded and marked with wear to spine, large folio (Quantity: 1) Abbey, Scenery, 143; Upcott I, 272 - 274. Important account of the Roman villa discovered at Woodchester by Samuel Lysons in 1793, dating from circa 325 AD with its famous Orpheus mosaic, the largest Romain mosaic in Great Britain. The remarkably fine hand-coloured aquatints include views of the surrounding countryside as well as the mosaic pavement. 'The complete design of this pavement... for size and richness of ornaments, is, I believe, equalled by few of those discovered in other provinces of the Roman Empire and is undoubtedly superior to any thing of the same kind found hitherto in this country' (page 2) .
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