Lot 251
Wood (Robert) The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor in the Desart, first edition, 1753.
Hammer Price: £3,000
Description
Wood (Robert) The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor in the Desart, first edition, 59 engraved plates & plans, 3 full-page engraved illustrations of inscriptions, occasional faint marginal staining, modern half-calf, [Blackmer 1834 (French edition)], folio, 1753.
⁂ Unusually in this copy, the 3 plates that make up the panorama were never stuck together. As such one part of the panorama is bound as plate 1, with the other 2 plates bound at the end.
Description
Wood (Robert) The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor in the Desart, first edition, 59 engraved plates & plans, 3 full-page engraved illustrations of inscriptions, occasional faint marginal staining, modern half-calf, [Blackmer 1834 (French edition)], folio, 1753.
⁂ Unusually in this copy, the 3 plates that make up the panorama were never stuck together. As such one part of the panorama is bound as plate 1, with the other 2 plates bound at the end.
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