Le Roy, Julien David (1724-1803) Les Ruines des Plus Beaux Monuments de la Grèce

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Le Roy, Julien David (1724-1803) Les Ruines des Plus Beaux Monuments de la Grèce. Paris: Guerin & Delatour, et alia, 1758.
First edition, large folio, two parts in one volume, illustrated with sixty full-paged plates, bound in full contemporary sponge-decorated calf, the spine leather worn and patched, split along the joints, loss of leather to head and tail of spine, oval hole trimmed from title, repaired from verso, some toning to some plates, and scattered foxing, marbled end leaves, bookplates removed from inside front board, 22 x 16 1/4 in.
Estimate $6,000-8,000


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