Incredible account on the hstory,art and life of Pompeii!!! Written by August mau and translated by Francis W. Kelsey. FIRST TRUE 1899 edition publisged by Macmillan. SCARCE first edition. Examining Buildings Public places Houses Trades Tombs and art of the city With 12 plates with speaking tissue guards, lacking presumably frontis tissue guard, 263 text illustrations. Inside complete and very clean condition. Ex library book with signs: numbers on spine-spine lightly sunned- scattered stamps through the book-some on tissue guards, one on corner of a plate, stickers on ffe and front pastedown, numbers on first pages. Externally light wear around edges and corners, some stains on boards-see photos as part of description. Rarity. Very interesting book.