BONAFOUX, Gaston - Lot 133

BONAFOUX, Gaston Monumens antiques de Nîmes, drawn and etched Nîmes, Libraires et concierges des Monumens antiques, 1824 ART HISTORY STUDY UNDER THE MIDI SUN ORIGINAL EDITION In-8 oblong (150 x 220 mm). COLLATION: 16 pp. description of the city's seven Roman monuments: Amphitheatre, Maison-Carrée, Tourmagne, Porte de France, Temple de Diane, Porte d'Auguste, Pont du Gard. ILLUSTRATION: 9 hors-texte etchings by Gaston Bonafoux. ANNOTATION: handwritten note in pencil on back cover: "Visités Nîmes et Pont du Gard le 18-19 octobre 1900. Fonteanive" and marginal annotations. BROCHED, as issued. PROVENANCE: Rodolfo Fonteanive (wet stamp repeated throughout). Spine reinforced, cover margins a little tired.