Lot 170
Riou (Stephen) The Grecian Orders of Architecture, first edition, by J. Dixwell, for the Author, 1768.
Hammer Price: £3,500
Description
Riou (Stephen) The Grecian Orders of Architecture, first edition, engraved title-vignette, 6 vignettes and 28 plates, some folding, some light offsetting, title lightly foxed, etched bookplate of Earl of Aylesford of Packington, Warwickshire, contemporary half calf, rubbed, extremities repaired, [Blackmer 1425; Harris 746], folio, by J. Dixwell, for the Author, 1768.
⁂ "Riou was in Athens while Stuart and Revett were working there, and decided to produce an architectural theory for the use of the Greek architectural orders then being described and measured by Stuart and Revett." (Blackmer). The book is dedicated to James Stuart who, along with David Garrick, Soame Jenyns and George Stubbs, is included in the list of subscribers.
Description
Riou (Stephen) The Grecian Orders of Architecture, first edition, engraved title-vignette, 6 vignettes and 28 plates, some folding, some light offsetting, title lightly foxed, etched bookplate of Earl of Aylesford of Packington, Warwickshire, contemporary half calf, rubbed, extremities repaired, [Blackmer 1425; Harris 746], folio, by J. Dixwell, for the Author, 1768.
⁂ "Riou was in Athens while Stuart and Revett were working there, and decided to produce an architectural theory for the use of the Greek architectural orders then being described and measured by Stuart and Revett." (Blackmer). The book is dedicated to James Stuart who, along with David Garrick, Soame Jenyns and George Stubbs, is included in the list of subscribers.
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