ID 1028475
Lot 174 | Ruins of Athens, London, 1759, first edition, calf-backed marbled boards
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
First edition, folio (575 x 382mm.), 27 engraved plates (including frontispiece), calf-backed marbled boards, uncut, frontispiece detached, some light offsetting, binding worn
An uncommon work. This is an adaptation of Le Roy's Ruines des plus beaux monumens de la Grece, Paris, 1758 (see lot 150), with the plates re-engraved.
| Artist: | Robert Sayer (1725 - 1794) |
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| Artist: | Robert Sayer (1725 - 1794) |
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