An Account of Roman Antiquities Discovered at Woodchester in the County of Gloucester, FIRST EDITION, text printed in English and French, hand-coloured aquatint title and dedication leaf (to King George III), 40 aquatint plates (34 hand-coloured, of which 9 double-page), 2 large uncoloured aquatint vignettes, some light dampstaining to text leaves but generally clean, half calf with central cloth inlays on sides, original printed title label on upper cover, rebacked, preserved in cloth solander box [Abbey Scenery 143], folio (570 x 410mm.), Cadell & Davies, and others, 1797

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Illustrated with fine aquatint plates, this work on the second-century Roman villa at Woodchester in Gloucestershire remains the principal account of the site. Lysons unearthed several fragments of sculpture, now in the British Museum, and the celebrated 'Orpheus Pavement', which remains in situ.

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LYSONS (SAMUEL) An Account of Roman Antiquities Discovered at Woodchester in the County of Gloucester, FIRST EDITION, Cadell & Davies, and others, 1797

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An Account of Roman Antiquities Discovered at Woodchester in the County of Gloucester, FIRST EDITION, Cadell & Davies, and others, 1797