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Wilkins, William.
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1,000 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- The Antiquities of Magna Graecia. Cambridge: Longman, Hurst, Orme and Rees, 1807
- paper
First edition, folio (564 x 360mm.), engraved vignette on title, 73 aquatint or engraved plates, one double-page, 14 engraved or aquatint illustrations in text, contemporary russia-backed boards, old bookseller's ticket inside upper cover (Rees & Curtis, Plymouth), [Blackmer 1797; Abbey, Travel 128; BAL RIBA 3651], slightly dampstained, binding rebacked retaining original spine, covers somewhat rubbed, corners strengthened with calf
Catalogue Note
"[This work] was immensely influential, and became one of the keystones of the Greek Revival, in which Wilkins was the leading protagonist" (BAL RIBA).