CHANDLER, Richard. - Lot 23

CHANDLER, Richard. Voyage dans l'Asie Mineure et en Grèce, faits aux dépens de la Société des Dilettanti, dans les années 1764, 1765 et 1766. Paris, Arthus-Bertrand, Buisson, 1806. 3 volumes in-8. (5)-XXX-(1)-458 pp. with one folding plate (the Aegean Sea or archipelago, with the coasts of Europe and Asia and part of Asia Minor); (3)-573 pp. with one folding plate (large plan of the city of Athens) and (3)- 516 pp. with one folding plate (part of Greece with the Peloponnese or the Morea). Contemporary green paper bradel boards, cherry paper labels, gilt title and tomaison (spines a little soiled and browned, small paper tears to pdts, edges and corners a little worn, slight traces of moisture at the end of volume 1, some scattered browning, a few leaves unbound). Untrimmed copy, as issued. [Asia Minor]. First French edition by Servois and Barbier du Bocage of this successful travelogue (English original in 1775), accompanied by their geographical, historical and critical notes. Illustrated with 3 large black folding maps and plans. By Thomas Kitchin, geographer to the King of England. Account of the archaeological expedition to Greece and Asia Minor organized by the British Dilettanti Society and led by the British hellenist and archaeologist Chandler, the architect Rewett and the painter Pars. They visited the Ionian Islands, Attica, Argolid and Elide, bringing back a rich collection of antiquities.