D. Luigi D'Afflitto - Guida per i curiosi e per i viaggiatori che vengono alla città di Napoli - 1854-1854

the original edition of the Guide for the curious and for travelers who come to the city of Naples, compiled by the former Benedictine Olivetano abbot D. Luigi d'Afflitto and published in Naples by Tipografia Chianese in 1854 in two separate volumes. The work consists of two volumes in smaller folio or elongated octavo, elegantly bound in contemporary half-leather with smooth spines divided by raised cords, titles and gilded lines in the compartments, and boards covered in marbled paper with rich chevron and swirl motifs in green, brown and red tones. Inside, the title pages bear the 1854 typographic imprint and analytically describe the contents of the volumes: the first volume offers a detailed account of the ancient and modern arts, of the churches of the districts and the city monuments with a chronology of the dynasties and viceroys, while the second volume continues with the description of the remaining churches, the royal libraries, the museums, the establishments, the villas and the famous itineraries outside the Porta from Pozzuoli to Pesto, including the archaeological sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii. The general conservation conditions of the work are good, with solid bindings and inner pages with sporadic water stains and foxing for the type of paper, enriched by important topographical and artistic descriptions of Bourbon Naples in the nineteenth century.

2 volumes in 8°, pp. 238 + 287 n.