ABC/83 - Les Antiquities d’Athenes et de l’Attique. Completees par J.J. Hittorff. Vol I.

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Les Antiquities d’Athenes et de l’Attique. Completees par J.J. Hittorff. Vol I.

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  • [1881] (Creation)

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(1713-2 Feb 1788)

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(1721–1804)

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A British architect, Revett is best known for his work with James "Athenian" Stuart documenting the ruins of ancient Athens.
ODNB Entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/23395

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A folder containing plates of Antiquities from Athens and Attica, with drawings, photographs, plans, sections and elevations, some at scale. Buildings included in the first volume are: Mount Hymette; Convent of St. John; Temple of Diane Agrotera; Promontory Scylloeum, in the Peloponnese; Temple of Ceres Agrotera; Temple of Olympian Jupiter; Heights of Aegina; Adrien's Arch; Museum, Athens Hill; Philopappus Monument; Parthenon; Salamine heights; Debris of columns; Temple of Theseus; Acro-Corinth; Mount Corydal; Ionic Temple on the Ilyssus; Octagon Tower of Andronicus Cyrrhestes; Choragic Monument of Lysicrates. Volume two: Acropolis; Temple of Minerva; Temple of Olympian Jupiter; Temples of Erechthee, Minerva Poliade, and Pandrose; Theater of Bacchus; Choragic Monument of Thrasyllus; Propylaea. Volume three: Plans of Athens and Attica; Temple of Theseus; Temple of Olympian Jupiter; The Arch of Theseus or Adrian; Aqueduct of Adrian; Philopappus Monument, Bridge over Ilyssus and Panathenaic Stadium; Odeum of Regilla; Ionic colonnade near the Lantern of Demosthenes; Temple of Corinth; Ruins at Salonica called the Incantade; Antiquities of the Island of Delos. Volume four: Antiquities of Pola; Amphitheater; Temple of Rome and Augustus; Sergius's Arch; Parthenon sculptures. Volume five: Eleusis; Propylaea; Temple of Ceres; Temple of Diana Propylaea; Rhamnus; Temple of Nemesis; Temple of Themis; Sunium; Propylaea; Temple of Minerva Suniade; Thoricus.

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    Deformed and scuffed cover. Torn pages.

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