Author: STUART (JAMES & REVETT, NICHOLAS).
Title: The Antiquities of Athens, Measured and Delineated [ 282 Plates, of Which 148 are Folding ]
Description: London, London: John Haberkora,1762; J. Nichols, 1787, 1794; T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1816. 1762. Folio. No title pages, sold as a collection of engraved plates. 282 in all. Most likely the Editions published between 1762-1816. folio. Books measure 36x26.cm. 4 volumes bound in 3.Bindings heavily worn, covers detached. Internally, no title pages, some text. Most or all the main views are present. Some spotting, tanning, a few minor repairs on folds, View of the Acropolis split along fold with minor abrasion wear. Generally plates in good clean condition. Volume 1.Chapter 1.Doric Portico. 6 plates, of which 2 are folding.Chapter 2.Ionic Temple.8 plates, of which 4 are folding.Chapter 3.Octogon Tower 19 plates, of which 3 are folding.Chapter 4.The Choragic Monument.26 plates, of which 15 are folding.Chapter 5.Stoa or Portico at Athens.11 plates, of which 3 are folding.Volume 2.Chapter 1.Parthenon. 38 plates, of which 22 are folding.Chapter 2. The AcropolisGeneral View of the Acropolis. General Plan of the Acropolis. Plus 20 plates, of which 10 are folding.Chapter 3. Temple of Bacchus. 7 plates, of which 3 are folding. Chapter 4. View of the Choragic Monument.5 plates, of which 1 is folding. Lacking plate 3. Chapter 5.View of Propylea 13 plates, of which 6 are folding. Volume 3.Folding map. Folding general view of Athens. Chapter 1.Temple of Theseus. 23 plates, of which 17 are folding, lacking plate 10. Chapter 2.Temple of Jupiter. 3 folding plates.Chapter 3.The Arch of Theseus.8 plates, of which 3 are folding. Lacking plates 2 & 3.Chapter 4. Aqueduct. 4 plates, of which 2 are folding. Chapter 5. Monument of Philopappus. 7 plates, of which 2 are folding. Lacking plates 2,4 & 8. Chapter 6. Doric Temple. 3 plates of which 2 are folding. Lacking plate 3.Chapter 7. Bridge over the Flissus. 2 folding plates.Lacking chapter 8? Chapter 9.Salonica.11 plates of which 2 are folding. Lacking plate 3. Chapter 10. 4 plates. Lacking plate 4.Chapter 11. 2 plates of which 1 is folding. Volume 4. Chapter 1.Amphitheatre at Pola. 13 numbered plates all folding. Chapter 2. Temple of Rome and Augustus. Plates, 1, 2 & 8, only all folding.Chapter 3. Arch of the Sergu at Palo9 plates, of which 2 are folding. Lacking plate 4. Chapter 4. Rudiments of the Parthenon 28 plates, some of which are numbered twice, of which 19 are folding. Lacking plates 9, 14,15,16,17,18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33.Sold as a collection of engraved plates. F.

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