Lot 75
  • 75

Rhodes and Crete--Rottiers, B.E.A.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Description des monumens de Rhodes. Brussels, 1830-1828, 2 volumes (text and atlas), first edition of atlas, oblong folio (304 x 410mm.), second edition of text, 4to (256 x 195mm.), atlas with lithographed title, contents and 75 plates, 8 coloured by hand (as usual), text with half-title and errata leaf at end, near uniform nineteenth-century half morocco, [Atabey 1056; Blackmer 1450; Droulia 1474], some dampstaining towards end of atlas, text lacking portrait (as often) and with some leaves spotted and/or browned, binding somewhat rubbed
  • paper
Spratt, T.A.B. Travels and Researches in Crete. London: J. van Voorst, 1865, 2 volumes, first edition, 8vo (223 x 136mm.), 2 engraved folding maps hand-coloured in outline and 17 plates (14 lithographed), illustrations in text, 2 advertisement leaves, original cloth gilt, [Blackmer 1590], bindings slightly worn

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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