Greece.- Bartholdy (Jakob Ludwig Salomon) Voyage en Grèce fait dans

Greece.- Bartholdy (Jakob Ludwig Salomon) Voyage en Grèce fait dans les années 1803 et 1804, 2 vol., first edition in French, half-titles, large engraved folding map, 15 plates (of which 10 hand-coloured) and 2 folding ff. of music, map with repaired tears (just affecting one letter of title) and a few small unrepaired tears, a few ff. with piece from a margin, some spotting or staining, attractive contemporary vellum over boards, stamped and ruled in black, some soiling, rubbed, [Blackmer 87; Atabey 68], 8vo, Paris, Dentu, 1807. *** Scarce at auction. The diplomat Bartholdy (uncle of the composer Felix Mendelssohn) travelled in Greece with the artist Gropius. The plates, mostly of costumes, are engraved after drawings by him. The plate of Thessalonian vases is not found on the plate list. Provenance: Library of the Château Barante (book label to front pastedowns).

Estimate:£500

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