SOCIETY OF DILETTANTI — Antiquities of Ionia, published by the Society

FIRST EDITION (second edition of vol. I). 3 volumes (out of 5), large folio (568 x 390 mm.), xiv + 68 [=66], 43 and 93 pp. (foxing to some leaves). With 179 engraved plates with views and architectural drawings (42 in vol. I, 63 in II, of which one double-page, and 74 in III), engraved vignette on title of vol. I and II, large engraved headpieces and vignettes. Contemporary boards (cloth spine on vol. III, broken back hinge and almost entirely torn lower joint of vol. III, missing parts from the spines of all volumes, ex-libris H. D. Seymour). Blackmer 1566, Contominas 679. (3) Title: SOCIETY OF DILETTANTI — Antiquities of Ionia, published by the Society of Dilettanti, part the first [—the second, —the third]. Publication info: Λονδίνο, W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, 1821 (τ. Α´), W. Bulmer & Co., 1797 [1798] (τ. Β´), W. Nicol, 1840 (τ. Γ´).

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