Delargardette. Les Ruines de Paestum ou Posidonia. An VII [1798-99], First edition, folio, half roan

DELARGARDETTE, CLAUDE MATHIEU

Les Ruines de Paestum ou Posidonia. Paris: for the Author and H.Barbou, An VII [1798-99]

FIRST EDITION, folio (525 x 337mm.), half-title, 14 engraved plates (one folding), list of subscribers, brown half roan, marbled boards, spotting, 2 plates with imprints shaved, extremities rubbed

"Delargardette, a pensioner of the French school at Rome, visited Paestum in 1793 accompanied by George Wallis, an English amateur of architecture who financed the expedition. The plates contain detailed plans, geometrical measurements, and elevations" (Blackmer).

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