The antiquities of Athens measured and delineated
James 'Athenian' Stuart (1713 - 1788)
Category
Books
Date
1762 - 1794
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3082512
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., [226] plates . ill..,maps,port.. . fol.. Imperfect: v.1-2 only. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear: 'Recte et Suaviter' (Lee's London Bookplates (1985) 193). v.1 is state with illegible signature (Franks 7704), v.2 is state signed "Strongitharm sc. Pall Mall" (Franks 7703) [Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf; sewn onto eight raised cords; spines gilt; red spine label: 'Antiquities of Athens'; vol. 2 in different calf; different spine tools.
Makers and roles
James 'Athenian' Stuart (1713 - 1788) Nicholas Revett (1720-1804)