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STUART, James (1713-1788) and Nicholas REVETT (1720-1804). The Antiquities of Athens. Vol. 2 edited by Elizabeth Stuart and William Newton, vol. 3 by William Reveley. London: John Haberkorn and John Nichols, 1762-1794.
Volumes 1-3 only (of 6), large 2º (546 x 362mm). Engraved title vignettes, engraved portrait frontispiece of Stuart by C. Knight, here bound in vol. 1, 226 full-page engraved plates, plans and maps, one coloured in outline, some double-page or folding, all after Stuart and Revett by W. Blake, J. Basire, P. Fourdrinier and others, engraved illustrations, head- and tailpieces. Plate 39 in vol. 2 omitted as usual. (Portrait frontispiece torn along plate mark, vols 2-3 affected by damp at beginning and end, several plates in vol. 2 wormed at margin, plate 4 torn at inner margin, one map and one plate detached in vol. 3, a few others loosening, some marginal soiling and occasional spotting throughout.) Contemporary diced russia (extremities worn, joints cracked and rubbed). Provenance: Jasper More (bookplate).
TALL COPY, without the two supplementary volumes published after Stuart’s death. Subscribers’ list and errata in vol. 1 as in the Hopkins copy. This first accurate survey of Athenian buildings ‘was of great importance in spreading the knowledge of Greek architecture, and was the source book for the later Greek revival in England.' Stuart was responsible for the measured drawings and Revett for the topographical views. Brunet V, 570: ‘ouvrage de luxe’; Cicognara 2713; Flower 340; RIBA, 3183-5.
Volumes 1-3 only (of 6), large 2º (546 x 362mm). Engraved title vignettes, engraved portrait frontispiece of Stuart by C. Knight, here bound in vol. 1, 226 full-page engraved plates, plans and maps, one coloured in outline, some double-page or folding, all after Stuart and Revett by W. Blake, J. Basire, P. Fourdrinier and others, engraved illustrations, head- and tailpieces. Plate 39 in vol. 2 omitted as usual. (Portrait frontispiece torn along plate mark, vols 2-3 affected by damp at beginning and end, several plates in vol. 2 wormed at margin, plate 4 torn at inner margin, one map and one plate detached in vol. 3, a few others loosening, some marginal soiling and occasional spotting throughout.) Contemporary diced russia (extremities worn, joints cracked and rubbed). Provenance: Jasper More (bookplate).
TALL COPY, without the two supplementary volumes published after Stuart’s death. Subscribers’ list and errata in vol. 1 as in the Hopkins copy. This first accurate survey of Athenian buildings ‘was of great importance in spreading the knowledge of Greek architecture, and was the source book for the later Greek revival in England.' Stuart was responsible for the measured drawings and Revett for the topographical views. Brunet V, 570: ‘ouvrage de luxe’; Cicognara 2713; Flower 340; RIBA, 3183-5.
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