Rey, Etienne and Antoine-Marie Chenavard

First edition, 2 volumes in one, folio (487 x 315mm.), half-titles, 3 engraved maps and plans and 52 lithographed plates, the plates printed on india paper and mounted, 42 lithographed illustrations in the text, errata leaves at end of both volumes, modern calf-backed boards, spine gilt, some occasional very faint offsetting of plates onto text

Sefik E. Atabey (but without his book label), sale in these rooms, 29 May 2002, lot 1013

Atabey 1037; Blackmer 1412; not in Weber

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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This work, very similar in appearance to that of Chenavard published in Lyon in 1858, is Rey’s account of the voyage he made to Greece and Asia Minor during 1843-1844 with Chenavard. The plates include views in Athens, Constantinople, Ephesus, Smyrna, Cairo and Corfu. “Rey’s lithographs are more interesting than Chenavard’s engravings, because Chenavard’s architectural training led him to produce mostly architectural studies of ancient buildings. Rey’s painterly eye produced views of a lively nature reflecting modern life in Greece and the Greek capital” (Blackmer).