Dalton, Richard

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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Description

Antiquities and views in Greece and Egypt. [London]: Thomas King and Henry Chapman, 1791
paper

FIRST EDITION, folio (584 x 377mm.), 68 engraved plates (only, of 76), later half calf, lacking 8 plates, 6 plates loose (one of which cropped), binding rubbed

Literature

Atabey 311; Blackmer 443; Colas 779; Weber II, 825

Catalogue Note

Richard Dalton was an engraver and draughtsman, as well as librarian to George III. He appears to have been the first person to draw the ruins of Athens with any degree of accuracy.