05-31-201405-31-2014
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2730BBoston
May 31, 2014 11:00 AMCalender
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Le Roy, Julien David (1724-1803) Les Ruines des Plus Beaux Monuments de la Grèce

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$2,460$2,000
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2730BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 31, 2014 11:00AM

Description:

Le Roy, Julien David (1724-1803) Les Ruines des Plus Beaux Monuments de la Grèce. Paris: Delatour, se vend Chez Musier, 1770.
Second edition, large folio, two parts in one volume, half-title, illustrated with sixty-one of sixty-two full-paged plates, (lacking the first plate in the first part) bound in full contemporary sponge-decorated French calfskin, marbled end leaves, gilt spine, some what worn, corners bumped, joints splitting, 21 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.
Estimate $4,000-6,000


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Julien David, Paris