Lot 1172
Wheler, Voyage de Dalmatie. 2 Bde.
closed
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Auction schedule:
08-05-2025 / Lot 1146-1241 / session starting 11.45 AM
Wheler, G. Voyage de Dalmatie, de Grece, et du Levant. Trad. de l'Anglois. 2 Bde. Den Haag, Alberts, 1723. 12mo (16,5:10,5 cm). Mit 2 gest. Front., 1 gefalt. Kupferkarte, 89 Kupfertafeln u. 5 gefalt. Inschriftentafeln. XII, 358 S.; 1 Bl., 332 S. Mod. Ldr. mit Rsch.
Second French edition, 2 vols., the plates showing views, plants, coins etc. - Some browning, some waterstaining. Bound in mod. full calf.
Blackmer 1787 Anm.; Atabey 1329 Anm. - Zweite französische Ausgabe, die englische Originalausgabe erschien 1682. Whelers Beschreibung der gemeinsam mit Spon in den Jahren 1675-76 unternommenen Reise. "Wheler was especially interested in botany and topography. Wheler's work remained the standard English book on Greece for many years. It represents, together with Spon's book in French, the first attempt at a systematic topographical description based upon explorations" (Blackmer). Die Kupfer zeigen Ansichten, Pflanzen, Münzen, archäologische Funde etc. - Teilw. gebräunt u. mit Wasserflecken in den Rändern, beide Front. sowie in Bd. 1 einige Seiten u. Tafeln bis ins Bild wasserrandig.