BAS-RELIEFS du Parthénon et du temple de Phigalie disposés suivant l'ordre de la composition originale et gravés par les procédés de M. Achille Collas sous la direction de Paul Delaroche, Henriquel Dupont et Charles Lenormant. Nouvelle edition.
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Paris, (Bonaventure et Ducessois, for) Didier, 1860. With 20 engr. plates. 2 leaves, 39 pp. Oblong 4to. Orig. blind-stamped red cloth with gilt lettering on upper cover. Paris, (Bonaventure et Ducessois, for) Didier, 1860. "Trésor de numismatique et de glyptique", part I (monuments antiques). Faithful renditions of all reliefs of the Parthenon frieze and the frieze of the temple of Apollo in Phigalia. The reliefs were reduced with the help of the pantograph invented by the French engineer Achille Collas (1795-1859). - A few unobtrusive small spots of foxing, on the whole a fine copy, heraldic stamp on half title. - Cf. Graesse VII, 194. ARCHEOLOGY ; VARIA ;
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- Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32160-160
- Title
- BAS-RELIEFS du Parthénon et du temple de Phigalie disposés suivant l'ordre de la composition originale et gravés par les procédés de M. Achille Collas sous la direction de Paul Delaroche, Henriquel Dupont et Charles Lenormant. Nouvelle edition.
- Author
- PARTENON FRIESZ. -
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Paris, (Bonaventure et Ducessois, for) Didier
- Date Published
- 1860
- Keywords
- ARCHEOLOGY ; VARIA ;
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