Dalton, Richard
£3,120
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Antiquities and views in Greece and Egypt with the manners and customs of the inhabitants from drawings made on the spot, A.D. 1749. London: Thomas King and Henry Chapman, 1791, folio, 79 plates on 76 sheets [some folding], contemporary half red morocco gilt, marbled boards, rubbed, some wear to edges, foxing and water staining to edges of some plates
Footnote
Note: In 1749 Dalton was invited to join James Caulfield, the first earl of Charlemont, as a travelling draughtsmen. The party travelled to Malta, Turkey, Egypt and, finally, Greece. Some of the drawings completed by Dalton are the earliest visual records of a number of monuments. The 79 views were published several times after their first appearence in 1751, with the definitive issue published in 1791. [Oxford DNB] Colas 779; Atabey 311