[Chandler (Richard) Nicholas Revett and William Pars.] Ionian Antiquities, published by order of the Society of Dilettanti, first edition, first issue, 8 engraved head- & tail-pieces and 28 engraved plates, title and last two plates lightly spotted and water-stained at fore-edge, contemporary marbled boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked in calf preserving old green morocco label, corners and edges repaired, [BAL 3123; Blackmer 1566; Fowler 276; Harris 847], large folio, by T.Spilsbury and W.Haskell, 1769.

⁂ Part I of a five part series and the first publication by the Society. The second part was issued in 1797 and further volumes up until 1915. The publication of Stuart and Revett's Antiquities of Athens in 1762 sparked an interest in ancient Greek architecture, consequently the Society of Dilettanti funded an expedition including Revett to investigate the Greek ruins in Anatolia. This work, the result of that expedition, was hugely influential on the Greek Revival architectural movement in Britain.