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STUART (JAMES) AND NICHOLAS REVETT. The Antiquities of Athens, vol. 1-4, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece portrait in volume 4, 317 engraved maps, plans, views and plates (some folding or double-page), numerous engraved head- and tail-pieces, list of subscribers, tissue guards (a few missing), without portrait in volume 2, title of volume 3 creased, occasional light spotting, early red half morocco over Dutch pink boards, neatly rebacked preserving the original gilt lettered and numbered spines, rubbed [Blackmer 1617; Cicognara 2713; Fowler 340; Harris 857], folio (533 x 352mm.), John Haberkorn[-John Nichols-J. Taylor], 1762-1794-1816
|"This work was of great importance in spreading the knowledge of Greek architecture, and was the sourcebook for the later Greek revival in England... [Revett] was responsible for the measured drawings which made the Antiquities unique as the first accurate survey of Athenian buildings" (Fowler). A supplementary volume 5 appeared in 1830.Provenance: Somerhill Library, armorial bookplate.