- 3314
[Wood, Robert]
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description
- The Ruins of Balbec, otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria. London, 1757
folio (545 x 358mm.), [2], 28pp., illustration: engraved inscription in text, 46 plates engraved by P. Foudrinier and Thomas Major after Borra (numbered I-XLVI; plate III in two sheets joined), binding: contemporary speckled calf, spine in compartments with raised bands gilt, some spotting and light browning, spine worn, covers with some scuffing, extremities rubbed
Literature
BAL RIBA 3706; Blackmer 1835; Fowler 444; Harris 936; Cohen-de Ricci 916; Röhricht 1449; not in Atabey
Catalogue Note
first edition. This work was planned as a sequel to Wood's Ruins of Palmyra, which had been published to great acclaim in 1753 (see lot 3313). "With the Ruins of Balbec following Palmyra in 1757, Britain was firmly placed in the forefront of archaeological studies'' (Harris).