Herculanum et Pompei – Musée secret Herculanum et Pompéi : recueil général des peintures, bronzes, mosaïques, etc. découverts jusqu'a ce jour, et reproduits d'après "Le antichita di Ercolano", "Il Museo borbonico" et tous les ouvrages analogues / augmenté de sujets inédits gravés au trait sur cuivre par H. Roux ainé, et accompagné d'un texte explicatif par L. Barré Musée secret. Barré, Louis (text) – Roux, Henri (plates) Paris, Firmin Didot frères, 1840. A highly sought-after volume from the monumental Herculanum et Pompéi series, devoted entirely to the “Musée secret”—the restricted corpus of erotic objects unearthed at Pompeii and Herculaneum and long withheld from public display. This volume is distinguished by its abundance of erotic imagery, reproduced as finely engraved copper plates after ancient originals. The illustrations document the full spectrum of Roman sexual iconography: - Heterosexual and homosexual scenes, - Phallic imagery (amulets, reliefs, domestic decoration), - Explicit mythological and everyday motifs, - Human–animal hybrids and satyric figures. All illustrations are present. Binding: Plain 20th-century black imitation-leather bookbinder’s binding. Condition: Poor to fair condition. The volume shows extensive staining throughout, with pronounced water damage and widespread foxing affecting many pages and plates.