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MAJOR, Thomas (1720-1799). Les ruines de Paestum, ou de Posidonie, dans la Grande Grece. London: J. Dixwell for T. Major, [1768].
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MAJOR, Thomas (1720-1799). Les ruines de Paestum, ou de Posidonie, dans la Grande Grece. London: J. Dixwell for T. Major, [1768].
First French edition. The temples at Paestum were almost unknown until their rediscovery in 1746; the first publication on them, in French, only appeared in 1764. Major's work was far more ambitious than any previous survey. The appearance of a French as well as an English edition suggests that there was not just a waiting French audience but a growing international interest in Greek Doric architecture. Blackmer 1065; Brunet III, 1329; Fowler 157; Harris 539; RIBA 2008.
Folio (535 x 365mm). 25 engraved plates numbered I-XVIII, XIXA, XIXB, XX-XIV, engraved royal arms, 5 engraved vignettes. List of subscribers, and a final leaf listing Thomas Major’s engravings (title with light marginal stain, some faint even browning). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine (extremities lightly rubbed).
First French edition. The temples at Paestum were almost unknown until their rediscovery in 1746; the first publication on them, in French, only appeared in 1764. Major's work was far more ambitious than any previous survey. The appearance of a French as well as an English edition suggests that there was not just a waiting French audience but a growing international interest in Greek Doric architecture. Blackmer 1065; Brunet III, 1329; Fowler 157; Harris 539; RIBA 2008.
Folio (535 x 365mm). 25 engraved plates numbered I-XVIII, XIXA, XIXB, XX-XIV, engraved royal arms, 5 engraved vignettes. List of subscribers, and a final leaf listing Thomas Major’s engravings (title with light marginal stain, some faint even browning). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine (extremities lightly rubbed).
MAJOR, Thomas (1720-1799). Les ruines de Paestum, ou de Posidonie, dans la Grande Grece. London: J. Dixwell for T. Major, [1768].
First French edition. The temples at Paestum were almost unknown until their rediscovery in 1746; the first publication on them, in French, only appeared in 1764. Major's work was far more ambitious than any previous survey. The appearance of a French as well as an English edition suggests that there was not just a waiting French audience but a growing international interest in Greek Doric architecture. Blackmer 1065; Brunet III, 1329; Fowler 157; Harris 539; RIBA 2008.
Folio (535 x 365mm). 25 engraved plates numbered I-XVIII, XIXA, XIXB, XX-XIV, engraved royal arms, 5 engraved vignettes. List of subscribers, and a final leaf listing Thomas Major’s engravings (title with light marginal stain, some faint even browning). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine (extremities lightly rubbed).
First French edition. The temples at Paestum were almost unknown until their rediscovery in 1746; the first publication on them, in French, only appeared in 1764. Major's work was far more ambitious than any previous survey. The appearance of a French as well as an English edition suggests that there was not just a waiting French audience but a growing international interest in Greek Doric architecture. Blackmer 1065; Brunet III, 1329; Fowler 157; Harris 539; RIBA 2008.
Folio (535 x 365mm). 25 engraved plates numbered I-XVIII, XIXA, XIXB, XX-XIV, engraved royal arms, 5 engraved vignettes. List of subscribers, and a final leaf listing Thomas Major’s engravings (title with light marginal stain, some faint even browning). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine (extremities lightly rubbed).
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