The antiquities of Athens. / Measured and delineated by James Stuart F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett painters and architects. Volume the first.
James 'Athenian' Stuart (1713 - 1788)
Category
Books
Date
1762
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3082517
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 v. : ill., maps, plans, port. ; fol. Imperfect: vol. 1 only; no subscribers' list. Errata slip tipped onto the Preface (a1r.) which has a note at the foot “Note also, that the list of Subscribers names is probably incomplete; because many Receipts, which our Friends has taken to dispose of, are not yet returned to us. These will now be accounted for, and a correct list will be printed and delivered to the purchasers of this Volume.” Provenance: No marks of provenance. Binding: Eighteenth-century mottled sheep over boards on six raised bands; gilt spine tooling; red spine label; gilt border roll on covers; gilt roll on board edges; blue sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
James 'Athenian' Stuart (1713 - 1788), author Nicholas Revett (1720-1804), author Nicholas Revett (1720-1804), artist James 'Athenian' Stuart (1713 - 1788), artist