Le Roy, Julien David.

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

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Description

Les ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grèce. Paris: Guerin, Delatour & Nyon [and] Amsterdam: Neaulme, 1758
paper

First edition, 2 parts in one volume, folio (510 x 365mm.), half-title, 60 engraved views, plans and maps after Le Roy, red half morocco by J. Wright, gilt edges, [Atabey 709; Blackmer 1009], 3 plates cut down and mounted (part 1, no.1, 12 and 22), slight spotting to first and last few leaves, minor repair to corner of plate 22

Provenance

Beriah Botfield, sale at Christie's, 13 June 2002, lot 99

Catalogue Note

A good copy. "For many years this work was the major source of information about the Athenian monuments" (Atabey). It was eventually surpassed by Stuart and Revett's work, which commenced printing four years after this, but took many years to reach completion.