- 26
Bröndsted, Peter Oluf.
Estimate
1,800 - 2,200 GBP
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Description
- Reisen und Untersuchnungen in Greichenland. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1826-1830
first german edition (see footnote), 2 volumes, 4to (360 x 264mm.), half-titles, 62 numbered engraved plates, illustrations and vignettes, including 26 plates (Blackmer states 27 in error), some illustrations full-page or coloured, original printed boards, occasional spotting, bindings slightly soiled
Literature
Blackmer 214; Contominas 95; Weber I, 138 (French edition)
Catalogue Note
a good copy. This German edition was published simultaneously with the French edition. An English edition was planned but the author went bankrupt.
Bröndsted, a Danish archaeologist and philologist, explored Greece and Asia Minor with Haller von Hallerstein, Jacob Linckh and Baron Stackelberg and conducted excavations at Aegina and Bassae. Eight parts of this work were projected but only these two completed; the first on Keos (Zea) and the second containing studies of the Parthenon.