Greece rare books
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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.
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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.
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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 -
Second edition, 2 volumes 8vo, xvi, 519; viii, 513 pp., folding map (trimmed close), 2 hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces, lithograph plate, folding facsimile, later calf gilt, morocco label, a very good copy.
£1,250 -
New edition with considerable augmentations, 3 volumes, 8vo, 2 folding maps, 5 folding views, contemporary calf, marbled boards, spines faded, corners worn, morocco labels, a very good set.
£950 -
First edition, 2 parts in 1 volume, 8vo, [2], 171, [1]; [4], 235, [1] pp., 22 engraved plates and plans (some folding), contemporary tree calf gilt, lightly rubbed, spine head and corners worn, a very good copy.
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Third edition, 4 volumes: (3 vols 8vo text & folio atlas of engraved plates), 37 numbered plates on 29 sheets of which 16 double-page or large folding,text contemporary tree calf gilt, red and green labels, atlas contemporary calf-backed boards, calf tips, a very good set.
£3,750