“Les antiquites d Athenes, et autres monuments Grecs, d’après les measures de Stuart et Revett: enrichis des nouvelles decouvertes, Edition Portative”, Paris, Audot, 1835.

Rare portable guide of the Antiquities of Greece based on the monumental Stuart & Revett’s work. Complete including 71 numbered plates (many folding). This early archaeological guide was designed for the travelers of the newly independent Greece. A similar edition published two years after in English language “The Antiquities of Athens; And Other Monuments of Greece;…”, 1837, representing the vast interest of European travelers, visiting the newly independent Greece and attracted by the Grecian antiquities.

Original half cloth, marbled boards. External rubbing, internal spotting throughout. ~15 of the plates detached.

Rare early archaeological travel guide.