“The Antiquities of Athens; And Other Monuments of Greece; as measured and delineated by James Stuart… and Nicholas Revett… Seventy plates”, London, Tilt & Bogue, 1841. Small 8vo (11x14cm), pp. xvii, [6], 156, [2].

Rare portable guide of the Antiquities of Greece based on the monumental Stuart & Revett’s work. Complete including 70 numbered plates (many folding). This early archaeological guide was designed for the travelers of the newly independent Greece. It was firstly issued in 1837 in English and is based on a similar edition in 1835 in French (Nolau M., “Les antiquites d Athenes et autres monuments Grecs…”).

Contemporary cloth boards & spine, finely decorated in gilt. External soiling & rubbing. Signs of water-stains and some spotting inside.

Rare early archaeological travel guide.