Society of Dilettanti.

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

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Description

The Unedited Antiquities of Attica, comprising the architectural remains of Eleusis, Rhamnus, Sunium and Thoricus. London: Longman, Hurst [&c.], 1817
paper

First edition, folio (519 x 340mm.), half-title, 78 engraved plates, modern red half morocco by the Pluscarden Abbey Bindery, red edges, signature of G.A. Humphreys, architect, 1904, on title, [Blackmer 1659; Contominas 680], occasional dampstaining or spotting

Catalogue Note

This work was rebound in 2003. The original covers bore further information regading provenance, indicating that the book was bought at the sale of books and belongings of the late Benjamin Woodcock in 1904.