French works on Greece, mainly 19th century
c.25 volumes
£630
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
including: Raybaud, Maxime. Mémoires sur la Grèce. Paris, 1824-25. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 3 folding maps, contemporary green half morocco, pp.477-482 vol. 2 supplied in photocopy, some spotting, slightly rubbed;
Mably, l'abbé de. Observations sur l'histoire de la Grece. Geneva, 1766. 12mo, 2 copies, both contemporary calf, spine gilt;
Marchebus. Voyage a Constantinople par bateau a vapeur. Paris, 1839. 8vo, plates, original cloth, dampstained throughout;
Wordsworth, C. La Grèce Pittoresque et Historique. Paris, 1841. 8vo, additional title, plates, original cloth, spotting, worn;
Aldenhoven, Ferdinand. Itineraire descriptif de l'Attique et du Péloponèse. Athens, 1854. 8vo, plans and maps, some folding, contemporary quarter morocco, Greek library blindstamp to title;
Beulé, E. L'acropole d'Athènes. Paris, 1854. 2 volumes, 8vo, plates, contemporary quarter morocco, rubbed;
Paparrigopoulos, M.C. Histoire de la Grece Moderne. Guerre de l'indépendance par Th. C. Tchocan, traduction du Grec de l'histoire de... Athens: Imprimerie de l'Espérance, 1858. 8vo, original wrappers very worn;
About, Edmond. La Grèce Contemporaine. Paris, 1858. 12mo, contemporary half vellum gilt;
Breton, Ernest. Athènes décrite et dessinée. Paris, 1862. 8vo, plates, contemporary quarter red morocco, spotting, slightly rubbed;
Morot, Jean-Baptiste. Journal de Voyage Paris a Jérusalem. Paris, 1873. 8vo, plates, contemporary quarter morocco;
Gravière, Jurien de la. La Station du Levant. Paris, 1876, 2 volumes in one, 8vo, presentation copy, half calf;
Magne, Lucien. Le Parthénon. Paris, 1895. 4to, plates, original wrappers;
Lechat, Henri. Au Musée de l'acropole d'Athènes. Etudes sur la sculpture. Lyon, 1903, 8vo, quarter vellum;
and others in French
Footnote
Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.