Steuart, John Robert
[A Description of Some Ancient Monuments...
£756
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
still existing in Lydia and Phrygia, supposed to be Tombs of the Early Kings]. [? London: c. 1842], folio (51 x 34.5cm), 17 lithographed plates, original cloth-backed marbled wrappers, with paper lettering piece to upper wrapper, small chip to blank lower corner of first three plates, and a couple of short tears to lower margin, the first plate lightly spotted, wrappers a bit worn, without text (see footnote)
Footnote
Note: This edition, possibly a remainder edition, does not have the title or 15pp. of text which appears in the Bohn 1842 edition. The lettering piece on the upper wrapper also differs from the Bohn title, reading "Seventeen Plates of Ancient Monuments still existing in Lydia and Phyrgia, supposed to be tombs of the early Kings. Price One Guinea". The captions are in English but the details of lithographer and artist are in French: "C. Deangelis d'après l'esquisse de J.R. Steuart". According to an "Advertisement" noted in the Blackmer copy of the James Bohn 1842 edition the plates were prepared as part of a project to publish his entire journal which Steuart reluctantly abandoned.
Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.