The antiquities of Athens. Measured and delineated by James Stuart F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett painters and architects. ...
James 'Athenian' Stuart (1713 - 1788)
Category
Books
Date
1762 - 1794
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3224841
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 v. : ill., maps, plans, port. ; fol. Imperfect: vol. 1 only. Water- and mould-staining throughout. Provenance: subscriber's copy: 'Robert Marsham, Esq;' in list of subscribers. Crest bookplate: a lion's head erased gu. charged with three crosslets fitchée or., with motto above 'Quod adest' and lettered below 'Robert Marsham' [i.e. Robert Marsham (1708-1797), of Stratton Strawless]. Binding: nineteenth-century half-bound gold-tooled calf, with patterned purple cloth over boards; blind- and gold-tooling on spine, including lion's head crest; shell pattern marbled endpaper.
Makers and roles
James 'Athenian' Stuart (1713 - 1788), author Nicholas Revett (1720-1804), author Newton, William, editor Willey Reveley (d.1799), editor William Blake (London 1757 - London 1827), illustrator