121 - [Greece]. [CHOISEUL-GOUFFIER, Gabriel-Auguste de].

[Greece]. [CHOISEUL-GOUFFIER, Gabriel-Auguste de]. A Picturesque Journey Through Greece. Volume One. (Paris, 1782). Large folio volume, (5) folios, including title folio, frontispiece portrait, and title page adorned with a vignette, XVI-204 pp., (1) folio with instructions for the bookbinder, 102 plates; pp. I and II (preliminary discourses bound between pages 196 and 197; 4 sheets of text prospectuses bound at the end). Contemporary long-grained red half-maroquin, spine with ornate raised bands, gilt title and metal fittings, untrimmed (binding slightly rubbed). A fine copy. Full margins. First volume of Count Choiseul-Gouffier’s journey to Greece, published in 12 installments. The publication of this important work was interrupted by the French Revolution. The second volume appeared later, in installments, between 1809 and 1825. The illustrations consist of a frontispiece portrait and 102 plates, including several maps, notably two large fold-out maps of ancient Greece and modern Greece. All the plates are based on works by Choiseul-Gouffier, Moreau the Younger, Choffard, Huet, Hilaire, and Monnet, engraved notably by Berthault, Choffard, Moreau, Augustin de Saint-Aubin, Delignon, Dequevauviller, Dambrun, Duclos, Guttenberg, Ingouf, Liénard, Le Mire, Longueil, Tilliard, Varin, and Weisbrod. Many plates feature two engravings printed on a single sheet. The work is also adorned with remarkable fleurons and culs-de-lampe. This copy is enriched with 31 engravings from pre-letter series, including views, frontispieces, and culs-de-lampe. Provenance: Library of A. A. Renouard. Cohen, 238–239. Blackmer, 483.