Dalton. [Antiquities and views in Greece and Egypt. 1791]. contemporary half calf

DALTON, RICHARD

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

FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, folio (560 x 373mm.), descriptive letterpress text to the "basso relievo" and plates 1-21 (in English and French) on 7 leaves, 76 engraved sheets of plates by R. Dalton, J. Basire, J. Mason and others (6 folding or double-page), contemporary half calf, lacking title and one plate (man making rope), slightly soiled and stained, occasional tears, rubbed, rebacked retaining most of original spine and recornered

THE ATABEY COPY. This work was published in various formats over a considerable number of years (c.1752 to 1791) for which Atabey gives a chronological description. This copy seems to incorporate some elements of the 1781 edition.

LITERATURE:

Atabey 311; Blackmer 443; Weber II 825

PROVENANCE:

Rev. William Collings Lukis (1817-1892), inscription as gifted from Thomas K. Tully in 1874; Sefik E. Atabey, book label, Sotheby's, 28 May 2002, lot 314; Fine Travel and Plate Books: a Private Collection, Sotheby's, 28 February 2013, lot 41