Select Views ... of Greece, 1835

Lot 124
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Lot 124 | Select Views ... of Greece, 1835
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Select views of the remains of ancient monuments in Greece. London: Ackermann, 1835

FIRST EDITION, folio (420 x 280mm.), dedication leaf, list of plates, list of subscribers, 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates, contemporary half calf, binding rubbed, later inventory label on cover

A COMPARATIVELY RARE ACKERMANN PUBLICATION ON GREECE. In his preface the author states he arrived in Athens just after the withdrawal of Turkish forces, and that as a consequence of the recent fighting "all the rude buildings which had for centuries deformed and obscured the noble relics of ancient art were removed, and thus an opportunity was afforded of examining their proportions and appreciating their beauties".
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