Lot 08040

CHENAVARD Antoine-Marie, “Voyage en Grece et dans le Levant fait en 1843 et 1844”, Lyon, Leon Boitel, 1849 (pp.272) [BOUND TOGETHER] CHENAVARD Antoine-Marie, “Sur Le Gout dans les Arts, discours pronounce a l’Academie Royale de Lyon le 14 Juillet 1831”, Lyon, Luis Babeuf, 1831. (pp.24)

12mo, pp.272 + 24. Compete with a folding map and 12 full-page plates. Original soft paper covers. External soiling and wear along joints and extremities, small chipped parts, occasional spotting inside, pp.8-13 water-stained on lower part.

The work describe Chenavard’s travel in Greece during 1843-44 and contains splendid views of Athens, Lamia, Chalkis, Delphi, Ithaki etc. Chenavard (1787-1883) was a famous architect and archaeologist that studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and was a founding member of the Société académique d’architecture de Lyon. Along with his friend and famous painter Rey, he undertook several trips to Italy and Greece between 1843 and 1844 and was named correspondent of the Institute in 1855.