Lot 03292

Potter John, “Archaeologia Graeca, or the Antiquities of Greece”, Edinburgh, Doig & Stirling, 1813. Complete in 2 Volumes. 8vo, pp.xvi,523,[17] + viii,418,112,[22]. Contemporary half calf, occasional foxing, extensive spotting only on last 20 sheets of Vol.II. A new enlarged edition about Classical Greece, including a new section on literature in volume 2. The core of this work was conducted more than 100 years before the current publication, with this new edition representing the supportive trends before the Greek Revolution and the spirit of Philhellenism in the early 19th century Europe. Complete with many copper engraved maps and views, some folding.