Lot 08202

“The Antiquities of Athens; And Other Monuments of Greece; as measured and delineated by James Stuart… and Nicholas Revett… Seventy plates”, London, Tilt, 1837. Small 8vo (11x14cm), pp. xv, [6], 103, [1].

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, and is based on a similar edition published two years earlier in French (Nolau M., “Les antiquites d Athenes et autres monuments Grecs…”, Paris, 1835.

Original cloth boards & spine with title and decorations in gilt. External worn, chipped parts on spine, boards soiled & qwith bumped corners, spotting inside.

Rare early archaeological travel guide.