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WOOD, Robert (1717?-1771) and James DAWKINS. Les Ruines de Palmyre, autrement dite Tedmor, au desert. London: A.Millar, 1753. 59 engraved plates (numbered I-LVII, table 1 on 3 sheets) after J.B.Borra by Pierre Foudrinier, Thomas Major, T.M.Müller, Jr. and J.S.Müller, 3 full-page illustrations of inscriptions by T.Gibson. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. Blackmer 1834; Cicognara 2722 ('Opera grande e magnifica'); Cohen-de Ricci 916.
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Robert WOOD. Les Ruines de Balbec, autrement dite Heliopolis dans la Coelosyrie. London: 1757. 46 engraved plates (10 folding) after Borra by Foudrinier and Major. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. Cicognara 2723; Berlin Kat. 1887; Cohen-de Ricci 916.
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Jean-Jacques BARTHELÉMY. Reflexions sur l'Alphabet et sur la Langue dont on se servoit autrefois a Palmyre. Paris: Guerin & Delatour, 1754. Collation: A-B2. 8pp. text. 3 plates of lettering and inscriptions on 1 leaf, all by P.L.Charpentier. FIRST EDITION.
3 works in 1 volume, 2° (542 x 368mm). French red morocco gilt BOUND FOR CHRÉTIEN-GUILLAUME DE LAMOIGNON DE MALESHERBES, cover with rule and roll-tool panels and floral cornerpieces, the flat-backed spine divided into eight compartments with three green or black morocco lettering-pieces and shelfmark in gilt, g.e. (later shelfmark, head of spine slightly chipped. Provenance: Lamoignon ('Bibliotheca Lamoniana' book-label, ink shelfmark, ownership stamp); Scarborough Public Libraries (book-label, shelfmark on spine).
A VERY FINE COLLECTION, INCLUDING TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARCHITECTURAL SOURCE BOOKS OF THE 18TH CENTURY. "Wood's first voyage to the Levant was made in 1742. In 1750 another expedition was suggested by James Dawkins and John Bouverie. It is likely that the prime mover was Dawkins and that he intended to model the journey on Stuart and Revett's activities in Athens, which he was helping to finance. The three men, accompanied by the architect and draughtsman Giovanni Battista Borra, toured Asia Minor, where Bouverie died. The others then returned to Athens where they joined Stuart and Revett. In 1751 Wood, Dawkins and Borra returned to Syria. With some difficulty they managed to reach Palmyra and then went on to Balbec" Blackmer 1835 (note to the English edition).
[Bound with:]
Robert WOOD. Les Ruines de Balbec, autrement dite Heliopolis dans la Coelosyrie. London: 1757. 46 engraved plates (10 folding) after Borra by Foudrinier and Major. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. Cicognara 2723; Berlin Kat. 1887; Cohen-de Ricci 916.
[Bound with:]
Jean-Jacques BARTHELÉMY. Reflexions sur l'Alphabet et sur la Langue dont on se servoit autrefois a Palmyre. Paris: Guerin & Delatour, 1754. Collation: A-B2. 8pp. text. 3 plates of lettering and inscriptions on 1 leaf, all by P.L.Charpentier. FIRST EDITION.
3 works in 1 volume, 2° (542 x 368mm). French red morocco gilt BOUND FOR CHRÉTIEN-GUILLAUME DE LAMOIGNON DE MALESHERBES, cover with rule and roll-tool panels and floral cornerpieces, the flat-backed spine divided into eight compartments with three green or black morocco lettering-pieces and shelfmark in gilt, g.e. (later shelfmark, head of spine slightly chipped. Provenance: Lamoignon ('Bibliotheca Lamoniana' book-label, ink shelfmark, ownership stamp); Scarborough Public Libraries (book-label, shelfmark on spine).
A VERY FINE COLLECTION, INCLUDING TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARCHITECTURAL SOURCE BOOKS OF THE 18TH CENTURY. "Wood's first voyage to the Levant was made in 1742. In 1750 another expedition was suggested by James Dawkins and John Bouverie. It is likely that the prime mover was Dawkins and that he intended to model the journey on Stuart and Revett's activities in Athens, which he was helping to finance. The three men, accompanied by the architect and draughtsman Giovanni Battista Borra, toured Asia Minor, where Bouverie died. The others then returned to Athens where they joined Stuart and Revett. In 1751 Wood, Dawkins and Borra returned to Syria. With some difficulty they managed to reach Palmyra and then went on to Balbec" Blackmer 1835 (note to the English edition).