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Dodwell, Edward
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Views in Greece, from Drawings by ... London: Thomas Davison for Rodwell and Martin, 1819 – 1821
6 volumes, folio (21 3/4 x 15 in.; 552 x 380). Titles with aquatint vignettes, 30 hand-colored aquatint plates by R. Havell, T. Fielding, F.C. Lewis and others after Dodwell and Pomardi, mounted on thick card with tissue guards tipped in and printed captions on facing pages in English and French, all loose as issued; some marginal soiling and spotting, occasional offsetting, some text leaves lightly browned. Publisher's green roan-backed printed wrappers, prospectus tipped in to verso of first wrapper; wrappers of first part soiled, dampstained and spotted, margins of two other parts heavily soiled and dampstained, edges frayed.
6 volumes, folio (21 3/4 x 15 in.; 552 x 380). Titles with aquatint vignettes, 30 hand-colored aquatint plates by R. Havell, T. Fielding, F.C. Lewis and others after Dodwell and Pomardi, mounted on thick card with tissue guards tipped in and printed captions on facing pages in English and French, all loose as issued; some marginal soiling and spotting, occasional offsetting, some text leaves lightly browned. Publisher's green roan-backed printed wrappers, prospectus tipped in to verso of first wrapper; wrappers of first part soiled, dampstained and spotted, margins of two other parts heavily soiled and dampstained, edges frayed.
Literature
Abbey, Travel 130; Blacker 493; Colas 876; Tooley 182
Condition
some marginal soiling and spotting, occasional offsetting, some text leaves lightly browned. Publisher's green roan-backed printed wrappers, prospectus tipped in to verso of first wrapper; margins of three parts heavily soiled and dampstained, edges frayed.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First edition, in the original parts, of one of the most famous colorplate books on Greece. These were published as a selection, in larger format, of some of the quarto plates in Dodwell's Classical and Topographical Tour through Greece (1819). Many of the plates were colored by the engravers and Abbey notes that "the plates which are engraved and colored by Havell are outstanding."