Gaetano d'Ancora (1751-1816) Italian, Guide du Voyageur Pour Les Antiquites (1792). 

Size: 8 1/8 X 5 3/4 X 2 in. 

Guide du Voyageur Pour Les Antiquités Et Curiosites Naturelles de Pouzol, Et Des Environs. Ouvrage De M. C. D’Ancora A. E. Traduit de L’Italien par M. A. Barles de Manville, A Naples, Chez Zambraia Imprimeur MDCCIXII Avec Privilège du Roi, which means Traveler's Guide to the Antiquities and Natural Curiosities of Pouzol and the Surrounding Area. Work by Mr. C. D'Ancora A. E. Translated from the Italian by Mr. A. Barles de Manville, in Naples, at Zambraia Printer MDCCIXII [1792] with Privilege of the King. (Pouzol is in central France, and Avec Privilège du Roi" means “By Royal Privilege” in English, which signifies that a work or document is authorized or protected by the king - i.e., the book or document has a legal or official blessing from the royal court and can’t be copied by anyone else.) The book is three-quarter bound, with five raised bands, six compartments with gilt lettering in one and 1792 in gilt on the spine, a gilt crest on the front cover, marbled endpapers followed  by blank endpapers and “T Mainville’ inscribed on one endpaper, then a frontis engraving of Maria Teresia Augusta with a protective tissue guard, the title page, 128 pages of text and protective tissue guards for all the plates, errata listed on page 129, which makes this a first edition, then a table of chapters and paragraphs on pages 131 to 134 (Table des Chapitres et des Paragraphes avis au lecteur)) and a table of the plates (Table des Planches ) from 135 to 142, with a red topstain applied by the publisher, the book was probably rebound, and it’s in the original French. Gaetano d'Ancora (1751 - 1816) was an Italian archeologist, philologist, and Hellenist who was born and studied in Naples under Martorelli, Santoro and Campolongo. By the age of 18, he was teaching classical languages at the military academy in Naples, and he became professor of Greek language at the University of Naples in 1799. He was well-connected to other scholars across Europe and Italy and is best known for his treatises on the excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum. In 1794 he published a translation of Xenocratis De Alimento ex aquatilibus (Xenocrates On Food from Aquatic Animals). The book measures 8 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches wide and is in great condition, with a tight binding and clean pages and text, clean plates, and some of the plates are fold-out plates, and all the the plates and protective tissue guards are present. There’s light wear at the crown and light rubbing at the tips, light browning in the margins on a couple of pages, and a slight curve on the outer edge of the front cover, and a very attractive copy of this elusive title. We found only two copies listed on the rare book website we use, so the book is rare, and a copy that was listed in very good condition, but was missing the frontispiece and had water stains, foxing, and a chipped crown went for $380 on the rare book website we use. Another went for $70 and was missing the title page, all the engravings, and the table of plates at the rear. This one is in much better condition than both of them.