LANDMARK WORK ON GREECE AND PARTHENON
BRÖNDSTED, P.O.
Reisen und Untersuchungen in Griechenland, nebst Darstellung und Eklärung vieler neuentdeckten Denmäler griechischen Styls, und einer kritischen Übersicht aller Unternehmungen dieser Art, von Pausanias bis auf unsere Zeiten. 2 Bde. (Alles ersch.).
Paris, Firmin Didot. 1826-30.
Large 4to. (37 x 27 cm.). 2 volumes, both in the original printed yellow boards. Spines rebacked and with wear amd missing some of the paper. Upper part of back hinge on vol. 2 partly detached. Previous owner's name to front free end-paper. Marginal brownspotting throughout. XX,129,XXII,(130)-318 pp., and 62 engravings, of which 33 are text illustrations (3 of these coloured and 1 in two colours). Printed on thick, fine paper.
First edition (the French and the German edition published simultaneously) of Bröndsted's magnum opus, his pioneering "Travels and Archaeological Researches in Greece". The work is based on Bröndsted's extensive travels in Greece, and especially the second part, which contains a major study of the Parthenon, is of great significance. "Bröndsted was trained in Denmark as an archaeologist and philologist. After travelling in France and Italy for some years he left Italy in 1810 on the company of Haller van Hallerstein, Linckh and Stackelberg with the intention of exploring Greece and Asia Minor. This group was involved in the excavations at Aegina, and together with Cockerell and Foster they also excavated at Bassae." (Blackmer, 214). Graesse I,546. Brunet I,1273.
Order-nr.: 60384
DKK 12.000,00