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Dalton, Richard [Musaeum Graecum et Aegyptiacum, or, Antiquities of Greece and Egypt, Illustrated by Prints, from Mr. Dalton's Drawings.]
London 1752 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good Illustrated by Richard Dalton
Forty-two first state plates (before numbers and without letter press text), 5 of which are double-page. This set mirrors that held by the Royal Academy with the exception of the Parthenon double page plate which is here absent. Of the Athenian plates, eight bear the publication date of April 1751, while three of the Eastern plates bear February 1752. Plates included are View of Mt. Aetna (fldg); Temple of Theseus (fldg); View of the Parthenon, North side; Parthenon South-East Angle; Reliefs on the Inner Portico Frieze (5 plts); Plan of the Parthenon; Temple of Erechtheus (4 plts); Temple of the Winds (4 plts); Temple of Hercules (3plts); Arch of Hadrian; Monument to Philopappus, Athens; View of Constantinople from above Scutari (fldg); View of Constantinople from above Galata; Grotto at Antíparos entrance; Grotto at Antíparos interior view(fldg); View of the Pyramids, Gizeh (fldg); Pyramids at Gizeh (6 plts); Pyramids of Saccara (4plts); Catacombs at Alexandria (3plts), and Pompey's Pillar, Alexandria. Folio 35 x 50 cm. Bound in mid-twentieth century red cloth entitled Ancient Views 1751-52. ; From the library of Orientalist Royal Weiler. The Royal Academy notes: "On 16 April 1751 [Dalton] advertised … 'Twenty-one Prints of the Antiquities of Athens, Mount Aetna in Sicily and Pompey's Pillar at Alexandria'.… On 17 February 1752 he issued … The Musaeum Graecum Et Aegyptiacum, Or, Antiquities of Greece and Egypt, Illustrated by Prints, Intended to be published from Mr. Dalton's Drawings ....' But the sets of plates published in 1751 and 1752 remained without letter-press text, title-page or title-plate - until 1791, when they appeared, together with plates relating to the customs of the Egyptians (first printed in 1781) under the collective title, Antiquities And Views In Greece And Egypt; With The Manners And Customs Of The Inhabitants: From Drawings made on the Spot, A.D. 1749. By Richard Dalton .... " ; Folio; Additional images and further information provided upon request.
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7800.00 USD
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