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Αρχαιολογία / Archaeology - Classical Antiquity Lot. 8123
Starting Price: 70 €
BLARAMBERG IVAN MORET DE, (Conseiller d’Etat de S.M. l’empereur de Russies), «NOTICE SUR QUELQUES OBJETS D’ANTIQUITE Découverts en Tauride dans un tumulus près du site de l’ancienne Participée», Paris, F. Didot, 1822. In-8vo, pp.31. Including a copper plate in text and a folding plate 38x28cm at the end. Ivan Blaramberg was the founder of “Odessa Archeological Museum” (1825). This is his first publication of his archaeological researches. Original paper covers. Worn externally with a large tear on front board covered. Inside in fine condition. Rare. Lot. 8124
Starting Price: 40 €
BASILE DE CESAREE/ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΣ Ο ΜΕΓΑΣ / BOISSONADE (de Fontarabie J-F.), «Notice des scholies inédites de Basile de Cesaree sur S. Gregoire de Naziance», Paris, Académie des Inscriptions et de Belles Lettres, 1827, In-4o, pp. 55-165. Extraits de La bibliothèque du Roi, 1827. Original greek french notes. modern carton binding. Σχόλια πάνω σε χειρόγραφο του Γρηγορίου Ναζιανζηνού με κείμενο του Βασιλείου του Μέγα, από τα γαλλικά βασιλικά αρχεία (Manuscrit du Roi), με παράθεση του αρχικού κειμένου στα ελληνικά και σχόλια στα λατινικά.
Lot. 8125
Starting Price: 1800 €
RAOUL-ROCHETTE Désiré, “Monumens Inédits d’Antiquité Figurée, Grecque, Étrusque et Romaine”, Part I [all published], Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1833. Grand folio (55x37cm), pp. viii, 430. FIRST and ONLY EDITION of an ambitious and comprehensive study of the iconography of the myths of Achilles, Orestes and Odysseus, by the French archaeologist Desire Raoul Rochette, Professor of history at Sorbonne, Secretary of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Curator of the Bibliothèque Royale and author of several works on Greek antiquities. Many well-known antiquities from famous collections such as the collections of Edmé-Antoine Durand, of Comte de PourtalèsGorgier and of Thomas Hope are presented and discussed thoroughly. The author has discovered those “unpublished” antiquities in a travel to Italy, undertaken in 1826-1827. Many of these artifacts can be now traced to permanent collections, in Brussels, Cambridge, London, Naples, New York, and Paris. COMPLETE, including 93 numbered plates, of which five are coloured and five folding, and 15 numbered engraved vignettes (mainly chapter ornaments and tail-pieces) of which one hand-coloured aquatint. It is an exceptionally illustrated example of the early nineteenth century, effectively combining different illustrative techniques such as engravings, lithographs, and aquatints. Contemporary binding, spine in red leather with raised bands and title in gilt, marbled boards. Although complete, the plates are not bound in the book according to the index. Brown spotting throughout inside. External edge-wear & rubbing, bumped corners and spots – one on spine, cracks along joints with restoration along front joint. Brunet IV, 1106 (mentions only 80 plates). 34
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