An estate collection of six (6) antique French engravings on paper with borders. Titled, "Antiquities of Athens," published circa 1762 by James Stuart (1713-1788) and Nicholas Revett (1720-1804) after original works by the 18th Century English engraver James Basire (1730-1802). Figural works depicting monumental Greco Roman sculpture, with figures, animals, tableware, and other elements. Each having artist plate signature below the work with plate number from the folio to side. The celebrated English artist and printmaker William Blake (1757-1827) was an apprentice to Basire. Presented under glass with cream mat borders in gilt frames. Various work sizes, measuring approximately 7" x 13.5". Work Size: 7 x 13.5 in. Dimensions: 16.5 X 24.5 X .25 in. Condition: Good overall condition having mild age related surface wear and toning. Frames have mild to moderate storage wear and losses to edges and corners. Estate fresh to the market. Shipping: Hill Auction Gallery does not offer in-house shipping for this item. Gallery will refer third party shippers for all domestic and international buyers. Purchaser pick up available upon request.
The Choregic Monument of Lysicrates Limited numbered edition with illustrations after James ''Athenian'' Stuart (1713-1788), British and Nicholas Revett (1720-1804) British, by James Basire, Charles Grignion (1717-1810) British, Edward Rooker (1712-1774) British, and Anthony Walker (1726-1765) British and text by Mariketi Kamvassinou, published by Athens City Council 1997 and numbered 55/1000, oblong 4to, hard cover.
British, 19th century. An engraving by Nicholas Revett (British, 1720-1804) from "Antiquities of Athens and Other Monuments of Greece" published in three volumes between 1762 and 1794. Volume III, Chapter V, Plate III depicts a section of wall with a sculpture of a seated male set within an alcove above a series of high relief engravings depicting walking figures and a horse drawn chariot. Inscribed lower left "N. Revett". Framed 25.75" x 27.25", unframed sight size 13" x 14.5".
British, 19th century. A group of two engravings comprising of Plate III from Chapter V of Volume II from "Antiquities of Athens and Other Monuments of Greece" Nicholas Revett (British, 1720-1804) published in three volumes between 1762 and 1794, depicting a columned building elevation (framed 22" x 28.25", unframed sight size 10.5" x 20.5"); and an engraving depicting the doorway of a likely Greek or Roman structure with foliate swag decoration on frieze (framed 20.75" x 20.25", unframed sight size 11" x16".
STUART, James (17313-1788) and Nicholas REVETT (1720-1804). The Antiquities of Athens. London: John Haberkorn, 1762. Vol. I only, 2° (565 x 376mm). 71 etched and engraved plates after Stuart and Revett, most by James Basire and Edward Rooker, two double-page, 13 etched vignettes. Errata leaf loosely inserted. (Some variable browning and occasional waterstaining, some plates detached, one detached plate with marginal crease, the second double-page plate with short tear.) Contemporary half sheep over blue boards, uncut (spine block broken). UNCUT COPY. The first plate is a picturesque double-page view of Athens from the foot of Mount Anchesmus. The other plates are in five separately numbered groups, the first in each group being a picturesque view, while the remainder consist of a measured plan, elevations, sections, and details of ornament or sculptures in the building described. Plate XIII, chapter 3, is one of several plates in this copy without the artist's signature, indicating an early state. RIBA IV, 3183; Fowler 340; Millard II, 81.
ANTIQUITIES--A collection of 10 works on the antiquities and archaeology of the ancient world bound in 13 volumes, comprising: STUART, James (1713-1788) and Nicholas REVETT (1720-1804). The Antiquities of Athens. Measured and Delineated. Volume II edited by William Newton (1735-1790), volume III by Willey Reveley (1760-1799), volume IV by Joseph Woods (1776-1864). London: 'printed by John Haberkorn' [vol. I], 'printed by John Nichols' [vols II-III], T. Bensley for J. Taylor [vol. IV], Priestley and Weale [vol. V], '1762' [vols I and III watermarked 1808]-1830. 5 volumes. Engraved portrait of Stuart by and after Charles Knight from vol. II mounted on flyleaf of vol. I as a frontispiece, engraved portrait frontispiece of Revett by Taylor after Ramsay in vol. IV, and engraved portrait frontispieces of Stuart and Revett by W.C. Edwards after Proven and Ramsay in vol. V. 367 engraved plans, measured drawings, and plates by J. Basire, C. Grignion, J. Newton, W. Skelton, et al. after Stuart, Revett, W. Pars, W. Reveley, et al., 3 double-page, 4 double-page folding, and 2 folding, double-page folding map of Greece hand-coloured in outline. Engraved title-vignettes, illustrations, and head- and tailpieces. 'Errata and Additional Observations' leaf at the end of vol. III. (Some variable browning and spotting, vol. I without the 3-leaf list of subscribers called for in the first edition, vol. V lacking half-title.) Blackmer 1617 (calling ?erroneously for 53 plates in vol. V); Brunet V, 570; Cicognara 2713; Fowler 340; Harris 857; Millard British 81. [WOOD, Robert (1717-1771)]. The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor, in the Desart. London: [Robert Wood], 1753. 59 engraved plates and plans by P. Fourdrinier, J.S. Müller, T.M. Müller, and T. Major after G.B. Borra et al. 3 full-page engraved illustrations of inscriptions by J. Gibson. (Occasional light spotting, one plate trimmed, touching border.) FIRST EDITION, [?later] issue with p.5, l.28 reading 'Herenianus' and 7 errata on p.50. Cohen-De Ricci 916; Fowler 443; Harris 939; Millard British 92. [Bound with:] [R. WOOD.] The Ruins of Balbec, Otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria. London: [Robert Wood], 1757. 46 engraved plates and maps numbered I-XLVI [plate III on 2 sheets] by Fourdrinier and Major after Giovanni Battista Borra, 11 double-page folding. Engraved illustration of inscription. (Occasional light spotting, one plate trimmed.) FIRST EDITION. Berlin Kat. 1887; Blackmer 1835; Cohen-De Ricci 916; Fowler 444. ADAM, Robert (1728-1792). Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia. [London]: the author, 1764. Engraved frontispiece by F. Bartolozzi and 60 engraved numbered plates on 53 leaves (numbered I-LXI including frontispiece), including 2 double-page, 11 double-page folding and one triple-page folding, by Bartolozzi, Zucchi, F. Patton, P. Santini, E. Rooker, A. Walker, D. Cunego, P. Mazell and J. Basire after Charles-Louis Clérisseau. (Occasional light spotting, a few plates trimmed touching border or number.) FIRST EDITION. Blackmer 3; Berlin Katalog 1893; Cicognara 3567; Fowler 2; Millard British 1. LE ROY, Julien David (1724-1803). Les ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grece. Paris: Louis-François Delatour for Musier Fils, 1770. 2 volumes in one. 61 engraved plates and plans by Le Bas et al. after Le Roy. Woodcut title-vignettes and tailpiece. (Occasional light spotting.) Provenance: E.H.E. D'Arcy (early inscription on title). SECOND, AUGMENTED EDITION, containing one more plate than the first edition of 1758. Brunet III, col.1003 (the second edition 'contient des changements, des augmentations considérables et une planche nouvelle'); Cohen-De Ricci 627. WILKINS, William (1778-1839). The Antiquities of Magna Graecia. Cambridge: at the University Press by Richard Watts for Longman, Hurst, Orme and Rees, 1807. 73 engraved plates comprising 52 line-engravings of measured drawings, one double-page, and 21 sepia aquatint views. Engraved title-vignette and 14 engraved or aquatint plates and maps as head- and tailpieces and illustrations. (A little spotted.) FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 128; Blackmer 1797. THE SOCIETY OF DILETTANTI. The Unedited Antiquities of Attica; comprising the Architectural Remains of Eleusis, Rhamnus, Sunium, and Thoricus. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and John Murray, 1817. 75 engraved plates of measured drawings and views by G. Cooke et al. after William Gell et al. and 3 engraved maps and plans by J. Walker et al. after Gell and John P. Gandy. Half-title. (Occasional light spotting and offsetting.) FIRST EDITION. Blackmer 1569. THE SOCIETY OF DILETTANTI. Antiquities of Ionia. London: printed by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol and sold by G. and W. Nicol, Payne and Foss, and Rodwell and Martin [vol. I] and W. Bulmer and Co. for George Nicol [vol. II], 1821-1797. Parts i-ii (only, of 5). 105 engraved maps, measured drawings, and plates by S. Porter, James Basire, John Roffe, et al. after William Gell, John P. Gandy, Francis Bedford, et al. (of 106, lacking part i, ch. 3, no. 2), one double-page, engraved title-vignettes and head- and tailpieces. (Variable, mainly marginal spotting, light offsetting from engravings onto text.) Second edition of part i ('extensively revised according to the findings of William Gell's expedition of 1811-1813', Millard) and first edition of part ii. Parts iii-v appeared in 1840, 1881, and 1915 respectively. Part i, chapter 3 contained 2 plates numbered II, and presumably the second of these was erroneously discarded by the binder of this copy. Millard British 80. STANHOPE, John Spencer (1787-1873). Olympia; or, Topography Illustrative of the Actual state of the Plain of Olympia, and the Ruins of the City of Elis. London: Thomas Davison for Rodwell and Martin, 1824. Frontispiece and 11 engraved plates by George Cooke after F. Dewint after sketches by T. Allason and 2 double-page engraved maps by J. Cross after Allason, all on India and mounted. (Variable spotting and browning.) FIRST EDITION. Blackmer 1596. [Bound with:] ALLASON, Thomas (1790-1852). Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of Pola, in Istria. London: W. Wilson for John Murray, J. and A. Arch, J. Booth, and Colnaghi & Co., 1819. Engraved frontispiece by George Cooke after J.M.W. Turner after Allason's sketch and 9 engraved plates by W.B. Cooke, Henry Moses and Cosmo Armstrong after Allason, all on India and mounted. Engraved head- and tailpieces. Half-title. Blackmer 25; Brunet I, 188. INWOOD, Henry William (1794-1843). The Erechtheion at Athens. Fragments of Athenian Architecture and a Few Remains in attica Megara and Epirus. London: William Nicol for James Carpenter and Son, Josiah Taylor, and Priestley and Weale, 1827. 34 etched outline plates by M.A. Nicholson et al. after Inwood, one double-page, 4 double-page folding, one triple-page folding. (Some spotting, a few plates trimmed.) FIRST EDITION, possibly early issue, with only one dedicatee (the Duke of Bedford), and erratically-numbered plates, including one numbered '18'. Blackmer 856 (quoting Crook: 'a major key to our understanding of Greek Revival architecture... valuable supplement to Stuart & Revett'). 13 volumes, 2° (535 x 365mm). Uniformly bound in English early 19th-century red hard-grained morocco gilt by J. Wright, boards with broad borders of floral rolls and double and triple fillets, roll-tooled gilt turn-ins, spines gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-pieces in one or 2, others decorated with palmette and other tools, gilt edges (some light rubbing or scuffing, slight fading to spines). Provenance: Christopher Turnor, Stoke Rochford Hall, Lincolnshire (1810-1886, bookplates) -- Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Michael of Kent (bookplates). A FINELY-BOUND SET OF WORKS ON THE ANTIQUITIES AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD, FROM THE LIBRARY OF CHRISTOPHER TURNOR. This group of works is formed around the complete, 5-volume set of Stuart and Revett's The Antiquities of Athens, 'the first publication in English devoted to the Athenian monuments' (Blackmer). In 1748 Stuart and Revett conceived a work which would illustrate these monuments in accurate measured drawings, and when Revett wrote to his father from Rome on 6 January 1749, he spoke of a 3-volume work which would contain 191 plates, engraved by himself and Stuart, and estimated that the entire project, including a year in Greece, would take only 4 years to complete. In fact, the two artists arrived in Athens on 18 March 1751 and, beset by considerable difficulties, did not return to England until 27 October 1754. As Harris records (pp. 439-448), before even the appearance of volume I in January 1763, Revett, who provided the measured drawings, had sold out his interest to Stuart who, besides painting the views in gouache, had taken on responsibility for the text. Dilatory by nature, Stuart was also distracted by his rivalry with Le Roy (whose Les ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grece, first published in 1758, is included in this set of works), and when he died on 2 February 1788, volume II was unfinished, even though a title-page dated 1787 had been printed. Due to the continued support of the Society of Dilettanti, volume III appeared in 1794, bringing to completion in nearly 50 years a project that was originally intended to make both artists a rapid fortune. Volume IV, a purely commercial venture by Josiah Taylor who had acquired all of Stuart's papers, was made popular by the large number of plates of the Parthenon sculptures, sold to the nation in 1816, the year of publication, and a further supplement was issued in 1830. Robert Wood had befriended Stuart and Revett in Rome in 1749, and had encouraged them in their project and determined the high standards of accuracy that informed their investigations. Wood, accompanied by James Dawkins, John Bouverie and the Italian artist and architect Giovanni Battista Borra, left Rome for the Levant in 1750, where he travelled extensively, reaching the relatively unvisited sites of Palmyra and Balbec in 1751. He published his findings as The Ruins of Palmyra in 1753, and The Ruins of Balbec four years later. Both volumes were praised by Horace Walpole, and the plates of 'these unfamiliar sites were [an] important architectural source' (Blackmer). The next major book on ancient architecture to be published was Adam's report of his expedition to survey the previously unexplored site of the Emperor Diocletian's palace. The response of Adam and his draughtsman Clérisseau to the antique is described by Eileen Harris as '"pseudo-archaeological" in that it treated the physical remains of antiquity as touchstones for the imaginative and scenic, as opposed to deductive and architectonic, recreation of ancient buildings'. More of an artistic and picturesque survey, the work also offers an 18th-century understanding of architecture in William Robertson's introduction. The foundations established by these pioneers of the 18th century were built upon by the expeditions and publications of the early part of the following century, particularly those undertaken under the auspices of the Society of Dilettanti by Sir William Gell, William Wilkins and Thomas Allason. This set of works spans the major English expeditions to describe the architecture of the ancient world from the time of Stuart and Revett to 1830, researches which informed late 18th-century architecture and the Greek revival during the Regency period (Wilkins' designs for Downing college, considered the first example of the style, date from the year of his Antiquities of Magna Graecia). It was probably assembled by Christopher Turnor for his library at Stoke Rochford, built for him by the Scottish architect William Burn, who was a student of Smirke, and whose Grecian Camperdown House was inspired in part by William Wilkins's Grange Park. The binding was probably commissioned by Turnor from John Wright (d. 1854), who enjoyed the patronage of many 19th-century bibliophiles and is described by Ramsden as 'a binder of the highest order' (London Book Binders 1780-1840, p. 154); for another work from Turnor's library bound by Wright, see lot 71. (13)
STUART James (1713-1788) and Nicholas REVETT (1720-1804). The Antiquities of Athens. London: John Haberkorn 1762-1794. 3 volumes, 2 o (559 x 385 mm). Engraved portraits of Stuart and Revett, 227 (only) etched and engraved plates, plans and maps by J Basire, C. Grignion, J. Newton, W.Skelton and others after Stuart, Revett, W.Pars, W.Reveley and others, numbered according to chapters, including a hand-coloured folding map of Greece in Volume II by W.Faden after de la Rochette, several other plates and maps double page or folding, etched title vignettes, head- and tailpieces. A few engraved illustrations. (Volume II with worming to gutter affecting plates, some browing and staining throughout.) Later half calf (broken). FIRST EDITION. Stuart and Revett's is the earliest accurate survey of the Classical buildings of Athens. When the project was initially conceived it was to be a 3-volume work which would contain 191 plates, engraved by Revett and Stuart, and estimated to take only four years to produce. It did not take Stuart and Revett long after their arrival at Athens on 18th March 1751 to recognise that their original plans needed recasting. The publication of the first 3 volumes took 32 years. Volume IV was not published until 1816 and volume V a further supplement was published 1830. Harris 857; Millar, British, 81; Fowler 340. Sold not subject to return. (3)
James (1713-1788) & Nicholas REVETT (1720-1804). The Antiquities of Athens, London: John Haberkorn (volume I) and John Nichols (volumes II-III), 1762-1794. Volumes I-III only (of 5), 2o (563 x 385mm). Titles with engraved vignettes, engraved portrait of James Stuart by C. Knight, folding hand-coloured map of Greece and 229 engraved plates, plans and maps by F. G. Aliamet, P. Foudrinier, William Blake and others. (Lacking subscribers' list, some plates with frayed foredges, a few with short tears or holes and losses in blank margins, some spotting and browning and dampstaining affecting at least half the plates and text leaves.) Contemporary calf (section of lower spine of vol. III torn away, rubbed and scuffed). FIRST EDITION. "... of great importance in spreading the knowledge of Greek architecture... the source book for the later Greek revival in England" (Fowler). "This is the first accurate survey of the classical buildings buildings of Athens. John Summerson has described it as 'one of the three most important architectural travel books of the century' (the other two being Wood's Ruins of Palmyra and Adam's Palace of Diocletian at Spalatro ). Stuart and Revett's visit to Athens was made in 1751 at the instigation of the Society of Dilettanti" (Blackmer). Revett was responsible for the measured drawings, Stuart for the topographical view. Blackmer 1026; Brunet V, 570; Cicognara 2713; Fowler 340; Harris 857.
James (1713-1788) and Nicholas REVETT (1720-1804). The Antiquities of Athens. Measured and delineated. Volume II edited by William Newton (1735-1790), volume III by Willey Reveley (1760-1799), volume IV by Joseph Woods (1776-1864). London: John Haberkorn [volumes II-III: John Nichols, volume IV: T. Bensley for J. Taylor], 1762-1816. 4 volumes, 2o (525 x 350mm). Engraved portrait of Revett in volume IV, 317 engraved plates, plans and maps by J. Basire, C. Grignion, J. Newton, W. Skelton and others after Stuart, Revett, W. Pars, W. Reveley and others, numbered according to chapters, including hand-coloured folding map of Greece in volume III, a few other plates and maps double-page or folding. Etched title vignettes, head- and tailpieces. A few engraved illustrations. (Volume I without the subscribers' list and with a few text leaves lightly wormed at margins, vol. II without the portrait of Stuart, preliminaries in vol. IV browned.) Uniform early 19th-century brown morocco, roll-tool borders of linked circles and Grecian palmettes divided by multiple fillets with rosettes at corners and Botfield arms at centre, gilt-panelled spines, gilt edges. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST ENGLISH SURVEY OF ATHENIAN MONUMENTS. Eileen Harris notes that some copies of volume I were published without the list of subscribers. Plate 29 in volume II was not published. Basire engraved 42 of the plates in volume I, and was also responsible for most of the head- and tailpieces. When Revett wrote excitedly to his father from Rome on 6 January 1749, he spoke of a 3-volume work which would contain 191 plates, engraved by himself and Stuart, and estimated that the entire project, including a year in Greece, would take only 4 years to complete. In fact, the two artists arrived in Athens on 18 March 1751 and, beset by considerable difficulties, did not return to England until 27 October 1754. As Harris records (pp. 439-448), before even the appearance of volume I in January 1763, Revett, who provided the measured drawings, had sold out his interest to Stuart who, besides painting the views in gouache, had taken on responsibility for the text. Dilatory by nature, Stuart was also distracted by his rivalry with Le Roy, and when he died on 2 February 1788, volume II was unfinished, even though a title-page dated 1787 had been printed. Thanks to the continued support of the Society of Dilettanti, volume III appeared in 1794, bringing to completion in nearly 50 years a project that was originally intended to make both artists a rapid fortune. Volume IV, a purely commercial venture by Josiah Taylor who had acquired all of Stuart's papers, was made popular by the large number of plates of the Parthenon sculptures, sold to the nation in 1816, the year of publication. A further supplement (not present in this copy) was issued in 1830. Blackmer 1017; Brunet V, 570; Cicognara 2713; Fowler 340; Harris 857; Millard, British, 81. (4).
