MAJOR, Thomas. The Ruins of Paestum, otherwise Posidonia, in Magna Graecia. London: James Dixwell for the author, 1768. Large 2° (545 x 370mm). Title, dedication with engraved headpiece, list of subscribers, 25 engraved views, elevations and plans by Major, 6 engraved head and tailpieces. (Plates dampstained in lower margin, sometimes affecting image.) Old half calf (joints split, extremities rubbed). Berlin Kat. 1894; cf. Blackmer 1065; Brunet III, 1329. -- Neueröffneter Musen-Tempel, welcher das allermerkwürdigste aus den Fabeln der Alten in LX. auserlesenen und schönen Kupfern von Herrn Bernard Picart. Amsterdam and Leipzig: Arkstee and Merkus, 1754. 2° (445 x 290mm). Half-title, title with engraved vignette, engraved title (from 1733 edition), 60 engraved plates after B. Picart. (Some worming, one or two leaves with short marginal tears, light browning and staining.) Contemporary mottled sheep, panelled in blind (joints cracked at head and foot, spine damaged). Cf. Cohen-de Ricci p. 531. spine damaged). Cf. Cohen-de Ricci p. 531. -- And 2 others. (4)

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MAJOR, Thomas. The Ruins of Paestum, otherwise Posidonia, in Magna Graecia. London: James Dixwell for the author, 1768. Large 2° (545 x 370mm). Title, dedication with engraved headpiece, list of subscribers, 25 engraved views, elevations and plans by Major, 6 engraved head and tailpieces. (Plates dampstained in lower margin, sometimes affecting image.) Old half calf (joints split, extremities rubbed). Berlin Kat. 1894; cf. Blackmer 1065; Brunet III, 1329. -- Neueröffneter Musen-Tempel, welcher das allermerkwürdigste aus den Fabeln der Alten in LX. auserlesenen und schönen Kupfern von Herrn Bernard Picart. Amsterdam and Leipzig: Arkstee and Merkus, 1754. 2° (445 x 290mm). Half-title, title with engraved vignette, engraved title (from 1733 edition), 60 engraved plates after B. Picart. (Some worming, one or two leaves with short marginal tears, light browning and staining.) Contemporary mottled sheep, panelled in blind (joints cracked at head and foot, spine damaged). Cf. Cohen-de Ricci p. 531. spine damaged). Cf. Cohen-de Ricci p. 531. -- And 2 others. (4)

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