Lot 566 
566
Robert Wood
Ruines de Palmyre, 1753.
Estimate:
€ 1,500 / $ 1,605 Sold:
€ 1,320 / $ 1,412 (incl. surcharge)
Blackmer Coll. 1834. - Cohen/R. Col. 916. - Cicognara 2722. - Cf. Millard Coll. 92 and Fowler 443 (Engl. edition). - First French edition of this magnificent publication, simultaneously published in English. "This is one of the most important architectural source books of the eighteenth century" (Blackmer Coll.).
"But it was not a source for the imitation of details that the book was valued, rather as a dispassionate and accurate survey of the architecture of antiquity; it wrested the lead in such matters from the French, and imitated a series of archaeological works that came to characterize the activities of both connoisseurs and architects in England in the second half of the eighteenth century." (Millard Coll.) - Slightly foxed, stronger in places, plate II with marginal tear (ca. 3 cm), plates XXXIX to XLVII with small bumps and splits in the left margin. Edges rubbed, spine and joints restored.
First French edition of the famous publication. 3 full page text engravings and 59 numb. engr. plates. Contemp. calf. with rich gilt decoration. - Slightly foxing, partly somewhat stronger, plate II marginal tear of about 3 cm, plates XXXIX to XLVII slightly bumped in left margin and with small tear. Edes rubbed, spine and joints renewed.
566
Robert Wood
Ruines de Palmyre, 1753.
Estimate:
€ 1,500 / $ 1,605 Sold:
€ 1,320 / $ 1,412 (incl. surcharge)