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Published by Legare Street Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1022460943ISBN 13: 9781022460942
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Published by Legare Street Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1022460943ISBN 13: 9781022460942
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Published by Legare Street Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1022460943ISBN 13: 9781022460942
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
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Published by Legare Street Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1022460943ISBN 13: 9781022460942
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
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Condition: New.
Published by Legare Street Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1022460943ISBN 13: 9781022460942
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Published by Legare Street Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1020511486ISBN 13: 9781020511486
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Published by c. 1757, London:, 1757
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Edition : First Edition, Full contemporary mottled calf; expertly rebacked; paneled boards with triple gilt ruling; spine with five (5) raised gilt bands, gilt lettered title on burgundy morocco label on two and decorative,gilt ornamented compartments, dated. All edges in red marble. , Text in English The author visited the Levante in 1751, six years prior to the publishing of this work. His publications, The Ruins of Palmyra and The Ruins of Balbec published in 1753 and 1757 respectively, both greatly contributed to architectural scholarship. 'Both publications on these unfamiliar sites were important architectural source books' (Blackmer). The engraved plates are by Fourdrinier and Major after Giovanni Battista Borra. The latter travelled with the author to the sites of Palmyra and Balbec. , Size : folio ( 542 x 363 mm), Illustrated with 46 engraved plates after Borra - incl. full paged, double paged and larger folding. , References : Berlin Kat. 1887; Blackmer 1835; Cohen-de Ricci 916; Fowler 444., P. Title, Journey from Palmyra to Balbec 1-16, Explanation of the plates 17-28, engraved plates numbered I-XLVIP. This exquisite example is in near fine condition with text and plates clean and crisp.
Published by published for The Author, London, 1757
Seller: FOLIOS LIMITED, Witney, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 46 etched and engraved plates on 47 sheets (plate 3 in two sections, 10 folding) by P. Fourdrinier and T. Major after Giovanni Battista Borra, light toning and foxing to scattered plates, very good copy in general. A TALL COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT ARCHITECTURAL SOURCE. "With the Ruins of Balbec following Palmyra in 1757, Britain was firmly placed in the forefront of archaeological studies" (Harris British Architectural Books and Writers 936). Blackmer 1835. FIRST EDITION of a magnificent work published to wide acclaim and influential on contemporary British Buildings. Wood, accompanied by James Dawkins, John Bouverie and the Italian artist and architect Giovanni Battista Borra, travelled extensively in the Levant, reaching the relatively not visited sites of Palmyra and Balbec in 1751. He published The Ruins of Palmyra in 1753, and The Ruins of Balbec four years later. Robert Wood was a British traveller, classical scholar, civil servant and politician. In 1750-1751 Wood travelled around the Levant with two wealthy young Oxford scholars James Dawkins and John Bouverie (who died of a fever early in their expedition) and an Italian draftsman Giovanni Battista Borra. Their primary goal was to explore the Troad and locate the key sites mentioned by Homer. Moving south into Syria, they then took careful measurements and drawings of the ancient Roman ruins of Palmyra and Baalbek. The results of these were published in 1753 and 1757 in both English and French editions and were among the first systematic publications of ancient buildings. Both works were of great influence on Neoclassical architecture in Britain, Continental Europe and America. From 1753 to 1756, Wood was the tutor and travelling-companion (or Bear-leader as such men were known at the time) of the young Duke of Bridgewater, the richest peer in England, in making the Grand Tour. Wood's first voyage to the Levant was made in 1742. In 1750 another expedition was suggested by James Dawkins and John Bouveri. It is likely that the prime mover was Dawkins and that he intended to model the journey on Stuart and Revett's activities in Athens, which he was helping to finance. The three men accompanied by the architect and draughtsman Giovanni Batista Borra, toured Asia Minor, where Bouverie died. The others then returned to Athens where they joined Stuart and Revett. In 1751 Wood, Dawkins and Borra returned to Syria with some difficulty they managed to reach Palmyra and then went on to Baalbec, "both of Wood's publications on these unfamiliar sites were important architectural source books" (Blackmer). Borra's topographical views in the two works were engraved by Thomas Major and probably suggested to him the form of his later work on Paestum. Bibliographic References: Blackmer 1835; BAL RIBA 3706; Fowler 444; Harris 936; Cohen-de Ricci 916; Röhricht 1449; not in Atabey; Millard II, 94 (French edition); Berlin Kat. 1887. #10408.