CHANDLER, Richard (1737-1810). Travels in Greece: or an account of a tour made at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1776.
4° (274 x 216mm). 7 engraved maps, 2 folding. (Long clean tear at fold of first folding map, light spotting, mainly at beginning and end, light offsetting from plates.) Contemporary sprinkled calf (front joints cracked but cords holding, rubbed). Provenance: R.B. More (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. Blackmer states that ‘the 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 319; ESTC T10412.
CHANDLER, Richard (1737-1810). Travels in Greece: or an account of a tour made at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1776.
4° (274 x 216mm). 7 engraved maps, 2 folding. (Long clean tear at fold of first folding map, light spotting, mainly at beginning and end, light offsetting from plates.) Contemporary sprinkled calf (front joints cracked but cords holding, rubbed). Provenance: R.B. More (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. Blackmer states that ‘the 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 319; ESTC T10412.
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