Wood, Robert

First edition, large paper copy, folio (560 x 370mm.), 3 full-page engraved illustrations of inscriptions, 57 engraved plates (including one folding panorama, folds linen-backed), by P. Fourdrinier, Thomas Major and others after drawings by Borra, contemporary diced russia gilt, spine gilt in compartments, plate 14 with repaired tear, occasional light spotting, upper joint cracked, lower cover detached

BAL RIBA 3707; Blackmer 1834 (French edition); Harris 939; not in Atabey

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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The publication of this work won widespread acclaim throughout Europe. "Here was the first of a new breed of archaeological works presenting the results of on-the-spot investigations of ancient monuments, with ostensibly accurate measured drawings of the ruins, precise descriptions of the state in which they were discovered, and exact copies of what inscriptions there were" (Harris).