Greece - Constantin, Dimitrios
£1,500
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 3 September 2008 at 12:00 BST
Description
An album of 46 views of Athens and the surrounding area, c. 1860's, mounted on both sides of card leaves, some with ink captions, some with numbers in negative relating to printed leaflet enclosed, including View of the Acropolis from the monument of Philopappus, the Acropolis from the south-east, the temple of Jupiter and the Acropolis, The Acropolis from the north-west and the north, propylea or the western entrance of the Acropolis and the temple of Nike, the inner precinets of the Acropolis, the west front of the Panthenon, the Erechtheum & the Panthenon from the north-west, interior of the Panthenon, the Panthenon from the north-west, the Erechtheum from the south-east, portico of the Caryatides, temple of Theseus, west door of the Erechtheum, Areopage or Mars Hill from the north-east, the Pnyx, Prison of Socrates, Momument of Lysiecrates and a number of others of monuments, street scenes and landscapes, some fading, contemporary morocco album, worn, stained, lacking backstrip