Lot 08063

“Monumens de Rhodes” [Atlas], Bruxelles, Colinez, 1828. The Atlas Volume. Oblong Folio (46.5×32.5 cm) with 74 of 75 (missing plate xviii) of which 8 coloured. Lithographed by H. Delpierre after Witdoeck. 3 plates middle creased, few with corner creases, 1 with loss of lower margin, waterstain on right edge, loose sheets. Bernard Rottiers (1771-1857) was a Flemish army official. In 1824 Rottiers acquired funding from the Ministery of Interior of his country to organize a two-year expedition in Greece in order to collect antiquities for the National Museum of Leiden. The project could not be realized due to the ongoing Greek Revolution and thus Rottiers changed destination and stayed in Rhodes for six months. He worked on an edition which describes and depicts the medieval monuments of the islands, and devoted little effort to the collection of antiquities. To date, the present edition remains an invaluable source for the study of Rhodes’ medieval monuments (Vingopoulou, wwwtravelogues.gr). Blackmer 1450, Contominas 624.