LANDMARK WORK ON GREECE AND PARTHENON
BRÖNDSTED, P.O.
Voyages dans la Grèce accompagnés de recherches archéologiques. 2 vols.
Paris, Firmin Didot, 1826-1830.
Large 4to. (370 x 275 mm). 2 volumes, both untrimmed in the original printed yellow boards. Binder's printed label on inside of front boards (Bauzonnet Relieur). Extremities with wear and light miscolouring and vol. 2 missing upper 5 cm of spine. Vague dampstain affecting first 70 leaves of outer margin of vol. 1. XX,129; XXII,(130)-318 pp., and 62 engravings, of which 33 are text illustrations, 4 of these are coloured. An overall good copy.
First edition of Bröndsted's magnum opus, his pioneering "Travels and Archaeological Researches in Greece". The work is based on Bröndsted's extensive travels in Greece, and especially the second part, which contains a major study of the Parthenon, is of great significance. "Bröndsted was trained in Denmark as an archaeologist and philologist. After travelling in France and Italy for some years he left Italy in 1810 on the company of Haller van Hallerstein, Linckh and Stackelberg with the intention of exploring Greece and Asia Minor. This group was involved in the excavations at Aegina, and together with Cockerell and Foster they also excavated at Bassae." (Blackmer, 214). A French and German edition was published simultaneously. Brunet I,1273.
Order-nr.: 60044
DKK 20.000,00