Stuart (James) and Nicholas Revett
The Antiquities of Athens, volumes 1-3, engraved title vignettes, head- and tail pieces, 228 engraved plates and plans (several double-page or folding, the double-page map of Greece and Asia Minor hand-coloured in outline), one folding plate torn in two pieces (without loss), volume 1 with the engraved portrait of James Stuart (dated 1789 and usually found in volume 2), without the list of subscribers and errata leaf, occasional faint discoloration, 4 page advertisement for J. Taylor’s Architectural Library tipped in at end of volume 3, volume 1 and 2 in the fine neo-classical bindings of contemporary red morocco designed by James Stuart, the sides framed by a broad gilt border of anthemium and palmettes enclosing a larged gilded medallion onlay of Athene and her emblems within a wreath of myrtle and laurel leaves and a circle of anthemium, rubbed, spines gilt compartments, volume 1 repaired at foot (using similar modern red morocco to volume 3), gilt edges, volume 3 bound in recent morocco-backed boards, folio (544 by 370mm.), John Haberkorn, 1762 and John Nichols, 1787-1794
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