SOCIETY OF DILETTANTI. The Unedited Antiquities of Attica, comprising the architectural remains of Eleusis, Rhamnus, Sunium, and Thoricus, London, W. Bulmer, 1817, lge. 2°, FIRST EDITION, 78 engraved plates and plans (occasional light spotting and soiling), contemporary cloth-backed boards (rubbed, some soiling) [Blackmer 1569; Lowndes 646]; Ionian Antiquities, London, by T. Spilsbury and W. Haskell, 1769, vol. I only, lge. 2°, FIRST EDITION, first issue, 28 engraved plates (including views of the Temple of Jackly), illustrations (occasional marginal soiling), later cloth [Blackmer 1566; Lowndes 646]; Antiquities of Ionia, London, W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, 1821, lge. 2°, second edition of vol. I, engraved title vignette, 39 plates, and 3 maps, illustrations, contemporary half calf (worn). [Blackmer 1566; Lowndes 646]. (3)

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SOCIETY OF DILETTANTI. The Unedited Antiquities of Attica, comprising the architectural remains of Eleusis, Rhamnus, Sunium, and Thoricus, London, W. Bulmer, 1817, lge. 2°, FIRST EDITION, 78 engraved plates and plans (occasional light spotting and soiling), contemporary cloth-backed boards (rubbed, some soiling) [Blackmer 1569; Lowndes 646]; Ionian Antiquities, London, by T. Spilsbury and W. Haskell, 1769, vol. I only, lge. 2°, FIRST EDITION, first issue, 28 engraved plates (including views of the Temple of Jackly), illustrations (occasional marginal soiling), later cloth [Blackmer 1566; Lowndes 646]; Antiquities of Ionia, London, W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, 1821, lge. 2°, second edition of vol. I, engraved title vignette, 39 plates, and 3 maps, illustrations, contemporary half calf (worn). [Blackmer 1566; Lowndes 646]. (3)

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Provenance: III. Sir Weetman Dickinson Pearson of Paddockhurst, Viscount Cowdray of Cowdray. The second edition of vol. I of Ionian Antiquities [Antiquities of Ionia], omits the section on the Temple of Jackly, but includes new sections on Labranda and Samos.

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