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First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces, 14 aquatint plates (3 folding), 4 engraved maps and plans (2 folding), 11 wood-engraved plates, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, neatly rebacked, red and green morocco labels, a very good set.
£2,950 -
2 volumes in 1, 4to, 2 additional engraved titles with pictorial vignettes, 2 frontispieces, 94 full-page engraved plates, 2 maps, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, morocco lettering pieces, a fine clean copy.
£950 -
Second edition, 8vo, xv, 560 pp., two folding maps, one with tape repairs, both with minor foxing, text block slightly loose from lower cover, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title-page; original red decorated cloth gilt, spine bumped, a good copy.
£250 -
First and only edition. 4to (27 x 22 cm). Title +18 pp., Original brown paper wrappers stitched in brown cotton, subscription slip for Unedited Antiquities of Attica, dated 1816, mounted on upper cover.
£350 -
First edition, 8vo, large folding map, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, pink endpapers, upper joint cracked but firm, lightly rubbed, early notices affixed to prelims, a very good copy.
£1,500 -
First edition in English. 2 volumes, 4to, complete with half-titles, xlii, 339; ix, 373 pp., 2 pages ads at end, engraved portrait frontispiece, 4 folding maps, 86 plates and plans by Michallon after Badia (a number folding or double-page), a little light foxing, occasional neat repairs to large folding maps, modern half calf gilt, a very good set.
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First edition. 4to (27.5 x 22 cm)., xvi, 596 pp., folding engraved frontispiece, folding firman, 2 maps (1 large folding), 20 plates (including 16 hand-coloured aquatints), contemporary half calf, marbled boards,neatly rebacked, a large, well-margined copy.
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Second edition of first work, first edition of second, 2 volumes, 4to, xxii, viii, 615; xxi, [iii], 603, 8 pp., first work with 14 engraved plates including the 4 folding plates that form a panorama of Athens, second work with 13 engraved plates and an engraved vignette, uncut, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spines in five compartments, morocco labels to second and fourth, others richly gilt, broad raised bands, scattered light foxing, a very handsome set.
£2,500 -
First edition. 2 volumes, 4to, folding engraved map and 66 engraved plates (2 hand-coloured, 6 double-page), illustrations in text, uncut in original grey boards, original paper labels, neat extensive restoration to spines, an excellent set.
£3,000 -
First (only) edition, 8vo (19.6 x 12 cm). 300 pp., uncut in original cloth-backed boards, paper label to spine. Folding facsimile plate present but lacking frontispiece map (as often), browned throughout.
£500