![76Dodwell (Edward) Views in Greece, first edition, ordinary format, aquatint vignette to title, 30 hand-coloured aquatints mounted on linen stubs, plate guards, text in English and French, faint off-setting, small marginal loss to early blank and one or two plate guards with expert tissue repairs, near contemporary crushed half morocco, neat repairs to joints and spine extremities, a little rubbed, [Abbey Travel 130; Atabey 357; Blackmer 493], folio, Rodwell and Martin, 1821.
*** One of the most famous colour-plate books on Greece, and an essential part of any library of Greek monuments and topography.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/3a160588-f269-ef11-a673-6045bdfc4f0d/1a6f4ffa-6d8c-ef11-ac21-6045bdfc9a9a.webp "76Dodwell (Edward) Views in Greece, first edition, ordinary format, aquatint vignette to title, 30 hand-coloured aquatints mounted on linen stubs, plate guards, text in English and French, faint off-setting, small marginal loss to early blank and one or two plate guards with expert tissue repairs, near contemporary crushed half morocco, neat repairs to joints and spine extremities, a little rubbed, [Abbey Travel 130; Atabey 357; Blackmer 493], folio, Rodwell and Martin, 1821.
*** One of the most famous colour-plate books on Greece, and an essential part of any library of Greek monuments and topography.")
![76Dodwell (Edward) Views in Greece, first edition, ordinary format, aquatint vignette to title, 30 hand-coloured aquatints mounted on linen stubs, plate guards, text in English and French, faint off-setting, small marginal loss to early blank and one or two plate guards with expert tissue repairs, near contemporary crushed half morocco, neat repairs to joints and spine extremities, a little rubbed, [Abbey Travel 130; Atabey 357; Blackmer 493], folio, Rodwell and Martin, 1821.
*** One of the most famous colour-plate books on Greece, and an essential part of any library of Greek monuments and topography.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/3a160588-f269-ef11-a673-6045bdfc4f0d/246f4ffa-6d8c-ef11-ac21-6045bdfc9a9a.webp "76Dodwell (Edward) Views in Greece, first edition, ordinary format, aquatint vignette to title, 30 hand-coloured aquatints mounted on linen stubs, plate guards, text in English and French, faint off-setting, small marginal loss to early blank and one or two plate guards with expert tissue repairs, near contemporary crushed half morocco, neat repairs to joints and spine extremities, a little rubbed, [Abbey Travel 130; Atabey 357; Blackmer 493], folio, Rodwell and Martin, 1821.
*** One of the most famous colour-plate books on Greece, and an essential part of any library of Greek monuments and topography.")
![76Dodwell (Edward) Views in Greece, first edition, ordinary format, aquatint vignette to title, 30 hand-coloured aquatints mounted on linen stubs, plate guards, text in English and French, faint off-setting, small marginal loss to early blank and one or two plate guards with expert tissue repairs, near contemporary crushed half morocco, neat repairs to joints and spine extremities, a little rubbed, [Abbey Travel 130; Atabey 357; Blackmer 493], folio, Rodwell and Martin, 1821.
*** One of the most famous colour-plate books on Greece, and an essential part of any library of Greek monuments and topography.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/small/3a160588-f269-ef11-a673-6045bdfc4f0d/1a6f4ffa-6d8c-ef11-ac21-6045bdfc9a9a.webp "76Dodwell (Edward) Views in Greece, first edition, ordinary format, aquatint vignette to title, 30 hand-coloured aquatints mounted on linen stubs, plate guards, text in English and French, faint off-setting, small marginal loss to early blank and one or two plate guards with expert tissue repairs, near contemporary crushed half morocco, neat repairs to joints and spine extremities, a little rubbed, [Abbey Travel 130; Atabey 357; Blackmer 493], folio, Rodwell and Martin, 1821.
*** One of the most famous colour-plate books on Greece, and an essential part of any library of Greek monuments and topography.")
![76Dodwell (Edward) Views in Greece, first edition, ordinary format, aquatint vignette to title, 30 hand-coloured aquatints mounted on linen stubs, plate guards, text in English and French, faint off-setting, small marginal loss to early blank and one or two plate guards with expert tissue repairs, near contemporary crushed half morocco, neat repairs to joints and spine extremities, a little rubbed, [Abbey Travel 130; Atabey 357; Blackmer 493], folio, Rodwell and Martin, 1821.
*** One of the most famous colour-plate books on Greece, and an essential part of any library of Greek monuments and topography.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/small/3a160588-f269-ef11-a673-6045bdfc4f0d/246f4ffa-6d8c-ef11-ac21-6045bdfc9a9a.webp "76Dodwell (Edward) Views in Greece, first edition, ordinary format, aquatint vignette to title, 30 hand-coloured aquatints mounted on linen stubs, plate guards, text in English and French, faint off-setting, small marginal loss to early blank and one or two plate guards with expert tissue repairs, near contemporary crushed half morocco, neat repairs to joints and spine extremities, a little rubbed, [Abbey Travel 130; Atabey 357; Blackmer 493], folio, Rodwell and Martin, 1821.
*** One of the most famous colour-plate books on Greece, and an essential part of any library of Greek monuments and topography.")
Lot 76
Dodwell (Edward) Views in Greece, first edition, ordinary format, Rodwell and Martin, 1821
Hammer Price: £6,500
Description
Dodwell (Edward) Views in Greece, first edition, ordinary format, aquatint vignette to title, 30 hand-coloured aquatints mounted on linen stubs, plate guards, text in English and French, faint off-setting, small marginal loss to early blank and one or two plate guards with expert tissue repairs, near contemporary crushed half morocco, neat repairs to joints and spine extremities, a little rubbed, [Abbey Travel 130; Atabey 357; Blackmer 493], folio, Rodwell and Martin, 1821.
⁂ One of the most famous colour-plate books on Greece, and an essential part of any library of Greek monuments and topography.
"These plates were intended to illustrate Dodwell's Tour through Greece, 1819 but the cost of production proved prohibitive, so 30 plates were chosen to appear separately." (Blackmer)
Description
Dodwell (Edward) Views in Greece, first edition, ordinary format, aquatint vignette to title, 30 hand-coloured aquatints mounted on linen stubs, plate guards, text in English and French, faint off-setting, small marginal loss to early blank and one or two plate guards with expert tissue repairs, near contemporary crushed half morocco, neat repairs to joints and spine extremities, a little rubbed, [Abbey Travel 130; Atabey 357; Blackmer 493], folio, Rodwell and Martin, 1821.
⁂ One of the most famous colour-plate books on Greece, and an essential part of any library of Greek monuments and topography.
"These plates were intended to illustrate Dodwell's Tour through Greece, 1819 but the cost of production proved prohibitive, so 30 plates were chosen to appear separately." (Blackmer)
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