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CHANDLER (RICHARD) Travels in Greece: or an Account of a Tour Made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti, FIRST EDITION, Oxford, Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1776 image 1
CHANDLER (RICHARD) Travels in Greece: or an Account of a Tour Made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti, FIRST EDITION, Oxford, Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1776 image 2
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CHANDLER (RICHARD)
Travels in Greece: or an Account of a Tour Made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti, FIRST EDITION, Oxford, Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1776

14 September 2021, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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CHANDLER (RICHARD)

Travels in Greece: or an Account of a Tour Made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti, FIRST EDITION, 7 engraved plates and maps (some folding, some off-setting and spotting), later half calf over marbled boards, red gilt morocco spine label [Blackmer 319; not in Atabey], 4to (260 x 215mm.), Oxford, Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1776

Footnotes

Chandler's "account of Athens is very important; it was the most detailed that had yet appeared, and Chandler made the first public announcement of the discovery of the temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae" (Blackmer). Marathon, Attica, Corinth and Olympia are amongst other important classical sites described.

Provenance: David Rhys-Phillips, bookplate.

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