CHANDLER (Richard). - Lot 47

CHANDLER (Richard). Voyages dans l'Asie mineure et en Grèce, faits aux dépens de la Société des Dilettanti, dans les années 1764, 1765 et 1766. Translated from English, and accompanied by geographical, historical and critical notes, by MM. J.-P. Servois and Barbié du Bocage. Riom : imprimerie de J.-C. Salles, 1806. - 3 volumes in-8, brown half calf, smooth spine decorated (modern binding with original spine binding). Provincial edition conforming to the original French edition published in Paris the same year. This is the account of the archaeological expedition organized by the Société des Dilettanti to Greece and Asia Minor, led by British scholar Richard Chandler (1737?-1810) in the company of painter William Pars (1742-1782) and architect Nicholas Revett (1720-1804). The edition is illustrated with two fold-out maps and a plan. Bindings rebacked later. The original spines have been restored.