Lot 493
Lechevalier, Jean Baptiste
Auction: 10 June 2009 at 12:00 BST
£525
Description
Description of the plain of Troy. Edinburgh: T. Cadell, 1791. First English edition, 4to, 4 folding maps, half-title, [Atabey 696; Blackmer 993], X2 torn without loss; Morritt, J.B.S. A vindication of Homer and of the ancient poets and historians who have recorded the siege and fall of Troy. York: W. Blanchard, 1798. First edition, 4to, folding engraved map and 5 folding aquatint plates, [Atabey 840; Blackmer 1157; Abbey, Travel 398]; 2 works in one volume, contemporary half calf, uncut, some spotting, very worn