FOUGÈRES, Gustave. La vie publique et privée des grecs et des romains.
Published in Paris by Hachette et Cie in 1894.
In-folio, half red cloth, smooth spine with gilt title on black leather binding. 
116 pages, approx. 885 black & white engravings in text, 1 engraved frontispiece, title vignette, headbands and tailpieces. 
Paper lightly foxed, rare foxing. 

First edition of this well-documented study by Gustave Fougères, a French archaeologist and specialist in classical Greece. The album contains some 885 engravings, plans, views, building restorations, reproductions of classical sites and figurative monuments (painted vases, bas-reliefs, paintings, mosaics, coins, engraved stones, etc.), with explanatory summaries and captions. 

Pleasant, solid copy, fresh interior.
Timed Thursday 29 January・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Lot no. 51

FOUGÈRES, Gustave. La vie publique et privée des grecs et des romains. Published in Paris by Hachette et Cie in 1894. In-folio, half red cloth, smooth spine with gilt title on black leather binding. 116 pages, approx. 885 black & white engravings in text, 1 engraved frontispiece, title vignette, headbands and tailpieces. Paper lightly foxed, rare foxing. First edition of this well-documented study by Gustave Fougères, a French archaeologist and specialist in classical Greece. The album contains some 885 engravings, plans, views, building restorations, reproductions of classical sites and figurative monuments (painted vases, bas-reliefs, paintings, mosaics, coins, engraved stones, etc.), with explanatory summaries and captions. Pleasant, solid copy, fresh interior.

Estimate
€50 - €60
Result
€20
Buyer's premium
30%
FOUGÈRES, Gustave. La vie publique et privée des grecs et des romains. Published in Paris by Hachette et Cie in 1894. In-folio, half red cloth, smooth spine with gilt title on black leather binding. 116 pages, approx. 885 black & white engravings in text, 1 engraved frontispiece, title vignette, headbands and tailpieces. Paper lightly foxed, rare foxing. First edition of this well-documented study by Gustave Fougères, a French archaeologist and specialist in classical Greece. The album contains some 885 engravings, plans, views, building restorations, reproductions of classical sites and figurative monuments (painted vases, bas-reliefs, paintings, mosaics, coins, engraved stones, etc.), with explanatory summaries and captions. Pleasant, solid copy, fresh interior.
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