Ε Λ Λ Α Δ Α - Ι Σ ΤΟ Ρ Ι Α / G R E E C E - H I S TO R Y
Lot. 8153
Starting Price: 250 €
BROCK James King, “Fortetsa: early Greek tombs near Knossos”, University Press, Cambridge, 1957. First edition. 4to, xvii, [3], 224 + 210 plates pages comprising of: 174 numbered “Plate” pages with numerous photographs of artifacts, 14 colour plates + 36pages of pottery designs entitled “Analysis of Patterns”, based on the analysis of more than 1300 vases. This is the First publication of the important the excavation results of the cemetery located southeast of the village of Fortetsa, in Knossos, originally found by chance by a local peasant, uncovering one of the richest early Greek cemeteries ever discovered in Crete. The research was undertaken by two former directors of the British School of Athens, Humfry Payne & Alan Blakeway, along with James Brock, in two successive archaeological periods from 1933 to in 1935. After the sudden death of Payne & Blakeway, the publication of the archaeological results was made by Brock in 1957, with the publication dedicated to their memory. Book marker bearing a Tomb Index & Table of Chronology. Original cloth with dust-jacket. In almost excellent condition. Rare.
Lot. 8154
Starting Price: 50 €
”MYCENES. 12 Planches en Couleur, Frescoes-ornements D’ Or – Vases”, Ασπιώτη - ΕΛΚΑ, [1960]. Φολιο. Εισαγωγικό κείμενο στα γαλλικά από τη Σέμνη Καρούζου και 12 λυτοί έγχρωμοι λιθόγραφοι πίνακες, 302 x 340 mm., αρχικά εικονογραφημένα εξώφυλλα.
Ελλάδα - Ιστορία / Greece - History
Lot. 8155
Starting Price: 180 €
D’ANVILLE Jean Baptiste Bourguignon, «Traite de géographie ancienne et moderne, comparée d’après d’Anville», Chez Hyacinthe Langlois, Paris, 1802. 8vo, pp. 151, including all the five (5) folding maps of the ancient world: The ancient world, Byzantine Empire, The Holy Land, The Expeditions of Alexander the Great, Eastern Roman Empire, Ancient Italy, Western Roman Empire, Great Britain – France – Germany & North Europe. Some wear along maps folds. Contemporary full calf with spine decorated in gilt. Externally rubbed and with wear along edges. Internally occasional staining, holes on half-title page. 42
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