Le Bas: Voyage en Grece, 1843 "Voyage archéologique en Grèce et en Asie Mineure, fait par ordre du gouvernement français, pendant 1843-44, Atlas d’Itinéraire", Paris 1847-1854. 36x27cm, 38 loose plates. All finely drawn and signed by Landron. Little frayed at the edges, but overall very good condition. Le Bas, a French Hellenist and pioneer in Greek archaeology, travelled to mainland Greece and Asia Minor in the years 1843-44 along with an important mission of the French government (including painter Landron) for exploration and new discoveries. His extensive notes, plans and reports were given to the government, which decided to publish it in 1847, with all its costs fully covered. However, the French Revolution (1848) postponed all the parts of the project and totally cancelled many of them. Only 40 pages of the whole text of this trip have ever been released (the introduction of the trip, up to Syros) and about 65 tiles (scattered numbered 1-72) of Atlas Physique (called Itinéraire), with its views and designs of Greece and Asia Minor. Print and distribution were very limited as state funding was withdrawn. The project of this publication has never been completed, and all the plates of this Atlas are in fact very rare.