Crete.

Lasor, a. Varea Alphonse [also known under the pseudonym R Savonarola.] Crete. "Isola di Candia, Creta ." Padua : ex typographia olim Frambotti, nunc Jo. Baptistae Conzatti. 1713
Copper engraved map of Crete from Lasor's "Universus terrarum orbis scriptorum calamo delineatus ... qui de Europae, Asiae, Africae, & Americae regnis, provinciis, populis, civitatibus....". Modern hand colour; verso blank.
The map is by Natale Bonifazio [ Bonifacio] Sibenicensis engraver who worked producing maps and engravings first in Venice where his maps were published by amongst others Camoccio and Bertelli and then in Rome where he was part of the Lafrerei school of engravers.
Page number to upper right corner and monogramm "NB F" to lower corner.
Compass rose and ship to sea. Good impression ; modern hand colour; mounted.
Zacharakis:1853/1226;Cox II, 542: 'a most remarkable book'; Graesse IV, 115; Sabin 39133; Shirley BL, T.LAS-1a. 210 by 155mm (8¼ by 6 inches).    €750

Euboae- Negroponte.

Lasor, a. Varea Alphonse [also known under the pseudonym R Savonarola.] Euboae. "Isola del Negroponte, Euboea." Padua : ex typographia olim Frambotti, nunc Jo. Baptistae Conzatti. 1713
Copper engraved map of Euboae from Lasor's "Universus terrarum orbis scriptorum calamo delineatus ... qui de Europae, Asiae, Africae, & Americae regnis, provinciis, populis, civitatibus....". Modern hand colour; set in a psge of text; text to verso.
The map is by Natale Bonifazio [ Bonifacio] Sibenicensis engraver who worked producing maps and engravings first in Venice where his maps were published by amongst others Camoccio and Bertelli and then in Rome where he was part of the Lafrerei school of engravers.
Page number to upper right corner and monogramm "NB F" to lower corner.
Compass rose and ship to sea. Good impression ; modern hand colour; mounted.
Zacharakis:1864/1237; Cox II, 542: 'a most remarkable book'; Graesse IV, 115; Sabin 39133; Shirley BL, T.LAS-1a. 205 by 155mm (8 by 6 inches).    €600

Kea, Cyclades

Lasor, a. Varea Alphonse [also known under the pseudonym R Savonarola.] Kea. "Zea" Padua : ex typographia olim Frambotti, nunc Jo. Baptistae Conzatti. 1713
Copper engraved map of Kea from Lasor's "Universus terrarum orbis scriptorum calamo delineatus ... qui de Europae, Asiae, Africae, & Americae regnis, provinciis, populis, civitatibus....". Modern hand colour; half page surrounded by text; text to verso.

The map is from the plate of Rosaccio in his Viaggio da Venetia a Constantinopoli.published in 1598. [ Zacahrakis;2964/1946] Good impression ; modern hand colour; mounted.
Zacharakis:1873/1246; Cox II, 542: 'a most remarkable book'; Graesse IV, 115; Sabin 39133; Shirley BL, T.LAS-1a. 100 by 172mm (4 by 6¾ inches).    €200

Milos.

Lasor, a. Varea Alphonse [also known under the pseudonym R Savonarola.] Milos. "Millo" Padua : ex typographia olim Frambotti, nunc Jo. Baptistae Conzatti. 1713
Copper engraved map of Milos from Lasor's "Universus terrarum orbis scriptorum calamo delineatus ... qui de Europae, Asiae, Africae, & Americae regnis, provinciis, populis, civitatibus....". Modern hand colour; half page surrounded by text; text to verso

The map is from the plate of Rosaccio in his Viaggio da Venetia a Constantinopoli.published in 1598. [ Zacahrakis;2962/1944] Good impression ; modern hand colour; mounted.
Zacharakis:1877/1250; Cox II, 542: 'a most remarkable book'; Graesse IV, 115; Sabin 39133; Shirley BL, T.LAS-1a. 100 by 175mm (4 by 7 inches).    €220

Santorini.

Lasor, a. Varea Alphonse [also known under the pseudonym R Savonarola.] Santorini. "Santorini" Padua : ex typographia olim Frambotti, nunc Jo. Baptistae Conzatti. 1713
Copper engraved map of Santorini from Lasor's "Universus terrarum orbis scriptorum calamo delineatus ... qui de Europae, Asiae, Africae, & Americae regnis, provinciis, populis, civitatibus....". Modern hand colour; half page surrounded by text; text to verso.

The map is from the plate of Rosaccio in his Viaggio da Venetia a Constantinopoli.published in 1598. [ Zacahrakis;2961/1943] Good impression ; modern hand colour; mounted.
Zacharakis:1891/1265; Cox II, 542: 'a most remarkable book'; Graesse IV, 115; Sabin 39133; Shirley BL, T.LAS-1a. 103 by 175mm (4 by 7 inches).    €250

Tenedos.

Lasor, a. Varea Alphonse [also known under the pseudonym R Savonarola.] Tenedos. "Tenedo." Padua : ex typographia olim Frambotti, nunc Jo. Baptistae Conzatti. 1713
Copper engraved map of Tenedos from Lasor's "Universus terrarum orbis scriptorum calamo delineatus ... qui de Europae, Asiae, Africae, & Americae regnis, provinciis, populis, civitatibus....". Modern hand colour; set in a page of text; text to verso

The map is from the plate of Rosaccio in his Viaggio da Venetia a Constantinopoli.published in 1598. [ Zacahrakis;2975/1957] Good impression ; modern hand colour; mounted.
Zacharakis:1866/1239; Cox II, 542: 'a most remarkable book'; Graesse IV, 115; Sabin 39133; Shirley BL, T.LAS-1a. 100 by 172mm (4 by 6¾ inches).    €100

Zakynthos, Zante.

Lasor, a. Varea Alphonse [also known under the pseudonym R Savonarola.] Zante. "Isola de Zante." Padua : ex typographia olim Frambotti, nunc Jo. Baptistae Conzatti. 1713
Copper engraved map of Zante- Zakynthos from Lasor's "Universus terrarum orbis scriptorum calamo delineatus ... qui de Europae, Asiae, Africae, & Americae regnis, provinciis, populis, civitatibus....". Modern hand colour; set in a page of text; text to verso
The map after Natale Bonifazio [ Bonifacio] Sibenicensis engraver who worked producing maps and engravings first in Venice where his maps were published by amongst others Camoccio and Bertelli and then in Rome where he was part of the Lafrerei school of engravers. Bonifacio was active in Venice c.1570-1574, and then in Rome 1575-1591
Page number to upper right corner and monogramm "NB F" to lower corner.
Compass rose and ships to sea. Good impression ; modern hand colour; mounted.
Zacharakis:1859/1232; Cox II, 542: 'a most remarkable book'; Graesse IV, 115; Sabin 39133; Shirley BL, T.LAS-1a. 210 by 155mm (8¼ by 6 inches).    €650

Greece after Ptolemy.

Laurent Fries. Greece "Europae Tabula Decima continet MAcedoniam Epyrum, Archaiam, Pelopnesum & Cretam insulam." Vienne, Daupniné Gaspar Trechsel, 1541
Black and white woodcut map o fGreece by Laurent Fries from "Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini Geographicae Enarrationis, Libri Octo ... Prostant Lugduni apud Hugonem a Porta. M. D. XLI." Latin text to verso.
The map is from the second edition edited by Michael Villanovanus known as Servetus, the woodblock is the same as that used for the editions of 1522 & 1535. Dark impression; dampstain to upper margin; light toning;some soiling and spotting ;wormtrack to lower centrefold in blank margin [30mm] and short split to upper centrefold [7mm].
Shirley T.PTOL 7g; Adams P 2226; Phillips 336; Sabin 66485; Zacharakis 2794/1827. 327 by 446mm (12¾ by 17½ inches).    €2500

Greece and the Balkan Peninsular after Ptolemy.

Laurent Fries. Greece, Sclavonia and Bulgaria. " Tabula nova Græciæ, Sclavoniæ, & Bulgariæ." Vienne, Daupniné Gaspar Trechsel, 1541
Black and white woodcut map o fGreece by Laurent Fries from "Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini Geographicae Enarrationis, Libri Octo ... Prostant Lugduni apud Hugonem a Porta. M. D. XLI." Blank verso.
The map is from the second edition edited by Michael Villanovanus known as Servetus, the woodblock is the same as that used for the editions of 1522 & 1535. Dark impression; dampstain to upper margin; light toning; some soiling and spotting, one darker to lower image, and Wax? drop to upper title; split to lower centrefold in blank margin [40mm] just entering image; Holes at centrefold due to stitching[ in lower half near the A of "Grecia" and in the upper half along centrefold near "ZEVIA".
Shirley T.PTOL 7g; Adams P 2226; Phillips 336; Sabin 66485; Zacharakis 2799/1831. 322 by 401mm (12¾ by 15¾ inches).    €1800

Crete after Ptolemy.

Laurent Fries. Tabula Neoterica Cretae sive Candiæ. "Tabula nova Candiæ." Vienne, Daupniné Gaspar Trechsel, 1541
Black and white woodcut map of Crete by Laurent Fries from "Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini Geographicae Enarrationis, Libri Octo ... Prostant Lugduni apud Hugonem a Porta. M. D. XLI." Latin text to verso.
The map is from the second edition edited by Michael Villanovanus known as Servetus, the woodblock is the same as that used for the editions of 1522 & 1535. the difference from the previous editions can be seen in the plain letterpress title. Dark impression; dampstain to upper margin; some soiling and spotting ; hole [10mm] at lower centre fold just entering image due to stitching with others in lower blank margin [10mm & 2mm].
Shirley T.PTOL 7g; Adams P 2226; Phillips 336; Sabin 66485; Zacharakis 2801. 278 by 455mm (11 by 18 inches).    €2000

Scarce Costume of Partisans, Asia Minor.

Le Blanc, Théodore "Vounisioi" (mountaineers), members of irregular troops of Mount Uludag (Olympus of Mysia), Bithynia. Montagnards de l'Olympe (Asie Mineur). Paris Imp. Lit. de Gihaut Frères Editeurs 1833-4
Extremely scarce coloured lithograph from Théodore LE BLANC's Croquis d 'après nature faits pendat trois ans de sejour en Grèce et dans le Levant.[ plate 19] Original colour.
The lithograph shows"Vounisioi"(mountaineers), members of irregular troops of Mount Uludag (Olympus of Mysia), Bithynia. Evenly toned; printed on India paper mounted on heavy stock paper; damp stain to lower right corner of page [ far from image].
[Ioli Vingopoulou; Travelogues; Aikatarini Laskaridis Foundation] 280 by 197mm (11 by 7¾ inches). Page472x308mm    €250

"The Battles of Alexander the Great" by Charles Le Brun.

Le Brun, Charles; Sheppard, Robert & Smith, Robert. The Battles of Alexander the Great. " Virtue Surmounts all Difficulties"; "Virtue Fit to Govern the World"; "He's Truly Brave that Overcomes Himself";: " Thus Heroes Exalt themselves by Virtue":" True Valour is Always Invincible";" Valour is Priz'd tho Vanquished". London. 'Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his Map & Print Warehouse No.69 St Pauls Church Yard London',? No Date but probably c1770s
Series of 6 large copper engravings of the Battles of Alexander the Great; first English edition, by Robert Sheppard & Robert Smith, after Charles Le Brun. Titles in English, Latin & French, versos blank.
An extremely scarce set of the first English publication of these monumental illustrations of Charles Le Brun's Battles of Alexander.The original paintings were commissioned by Louis XIV for Versailles. They alluded to the Grandeur of Louis by comparing him to the Great Alexander. Indeed it is suggested that the portrait of Alexander in plate 4 is in fact of Louis. The painting first completed showing Alexander and the Family of Darius, "He's Truly Brave that Overcomes Himself" so delighted Louis XIV that he at once ennobled Le Brun who was also created Premier Peintre du Roi (First Painter of the King) with a pension of 12,000 livres.

English Titles:
Plate 1; " Virtue Surmounts all Difficulties" Alexander, having pass'd Granicus with unequal Forces, attacks the Persians & Putts their numerous Army to Rout.
C le Brun Pinxit R Sheppard Sculpt. [ Battle of Granicus].

Plate 2: "Virtue Fit to Govern the World" Alexander, after many Victories gain'd by his Valour ,defeats Darius at Arbela, and having by that Battle putt a Period to the Persain Empire,He Conquers the East.
C le Brun Pinxit No engraver mentioned [Battle of Arbela].

Plate 3: "He's Truly Brave that Overcomes Himself" Alexander, having overthrown the Persians, near the city of Issus, enters the Royal Tent of the family of Darius &
there gives a singular Proof of Clemency & Continence.
C le Brun Pinxit. R Sheppard Sculpt. [ The Tent of Darius].

Plate 4: " Thus Heroes Exalt themselves by Virtue" Alexander enters Babylon in Triumph amidst the shouts & Acclaimation of the people.
C le Brun Pinxit No engraver mentioned [Entry in Babylon}


Plate 5:" True Valour is Always Invincible" Porus, being forsaken by his own people, with great Courage sustains the attacks of his Enemies, wounded several by them & slew Taxiles Brother.
After which being grievous bruised & Wounded fell from off his Elophant.
C le Brun Pinxit Robt. Smith Sculpt [Defeat of Porus].

Plate 6:" Valour is Priz'd tho Vanquished" Alexander, admiring the greatness of soul of King Porus whom he had defeated & made Prisoner,Not only pities him , but [ as an honorable mark of his Esteem]
admits him into the Number of his Friends & gives him a kingdom greater than that which he had lost.
C le Brun Pinxit. R Sheppard Sculpt. [Mercy To Porus]


Our set lacks the publishers imprint at lower left, but most likely published by Carrington Bowles; the British Museum have one of the plates with imprint of Carrington Bowles Dark impressions; each image consists of 2 copper plates joined; lower margins trimmed at left to plate mark thus removing publishers details [possibly they were bound at some time]; some light creases and minor chipping to edges not unsurprising in such large plates.
Plate 1: 570 x 1010 mm; trimmed into plate mark at left lower blank margin by 10 mm, just below text; hole with old repair to verso in left blank margin and a few small holes far from image; small hole to image, upper left.
Plate 2: 569 x 960 mm; trimmed into plate mark at left lower blank margin by 10 mm, just shaving text.
Plate 3; 574 x 995 mm; trimmed into plate mark at left lower blank margin by 10 mm, just below text; 4 small holes to left blank margin, far from image.
Plate 4: 590 x 955 mm; trimmed into plate mark at left lower blank margin by 10 mm, just below text; 4 small holes to left blank margin, far from image.
Plate 5: 560 x 995 mm; trimmed into plate mark at left lower blank margin by 5 mm, just below text; 4 small holes to left blank margin, far from image.
Plate 6: 565 x 1000mm; trimmed to platemark at lower margin; small hole ,repaired to verso and 2 tiny holes to left blank margin.
Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), Volume 9:Charles Lebrun by George Charles Williamson. 590 by 1010mm (23¼ by 39¾ inches). largest.    €12000

Aleppo, Former Capital of Syria.

Le Bruyn, Cornelis Aleppo "Aleppo" Delft Hendrik van Krooneveld 1698
Long, folded, copper engraved panoramic view of Aleppo from "Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn, door de Vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia...."[ "Voyage au Levant"]. Modern colour; verso blankThe image is one of the largest of the former capital of Syria, showing the full extent of the city; the view is taken from the high ground looking down on the city. In the foreground a caravan arrives at the end of the Silk road. Dark impression; folded; 2 plates joined; one part toned due to paper quality; old repaired split to one fold; side margins close trimmed by binder.
Blackmer/ Navari:225; Blackmer/Sotheby's 47;[ French edition 1704]. 305 by 1023mm (12 by 40¼ inches).    €700

Aleppo, Former Capital of Syria.

Le Bruyn, Cornelis Aleppo "Aleppo" Delft Hendrik van Krooneveld 1698
Long, folded, copper engraved panoramic view of Aleppo from "Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn, door de Vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia...."[ "Voyage au Levant"]. Black & white; verso blank
The image is one of the largest of the former capital of Syria,showing the full extent of the city; the view is taken from the high ground looking down on the city. In the foreground a caravan arrives at the end of the Silk road. Dark impression; folded; 2 plates joined; toning to sky; dampstaining to upper and lower margins; old repaired splits to lower folds.
Blackmer/ Navari:225; Blackmer/Sotheby's 47;[ French edition 1704]. 305 by 1030mm (12 by 40½ inches).    €700

Panoramic view of Jerusalem.

Le Bruyn, Cornelis Jerusalem "Ierusalem" Delft Hendrik van Krooneveld 1698
Long, folded, copper engraved panoramic view of Jerusalem from "Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn, door de Vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia...."[ "Voyage au Levant"]. Black & white; verso blank
The image is one of the largest of Jerusalem, showing the full extent of the city; the view is taken from the high ground looking down on the city. In the foreground a group of hunters look down on the city. Dark impression; folded; 2 plates joined; evenly toned; old repaired splits to 2 folds at the upper margin, 1 to the lower margin; lower margin trimmed short.
Numbers printed over various buildings.
Blackmer/ Navari:225; Blackmer/Sotheby's 47;[ French edition 1704]. 300 by 1253mm (11¾ by 49¼ inches).    €1300

View of the Ancient city of Palmyra, Syria

Le Bruyn, Cornelis Palmyra. "Palmyra." Delft Hendrik van Krooneveld 1698
Long, folded, copper engraved panoramic view of Palmyra from "Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn, door de Vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia...."[ "Voyage au Levant"]. Modern colour; verso blank Dark impression; folded; a couple of spots to upper margin.
Blackmer/ Navari:225; Blackmer/Sotheby's 47;[ French edition 1704]. 280 by 640mm (11 by 25¼ inches).    €350

Travels in the Levant.

Le Bruyn, Cornelius Voyage au Levant.. "Voyage Au Levant, C'est. à-dire, Dans les Principaux Endroits de L'Asie Mineur, Dans les Isles de Chio, Rhodes & Chypre &c...." Paris Chez Guilliame Cavalier, Rue St. Jaques àla Fleur de Lys d'Or. 1714
Engraved allegorical frontispiece by R du Val; title in red & black; portrait of Le Bruyn by Gerhard Valck after Sir Godfrey Kneller. large folding map of "Mare Mediterraneum" and 210 numbered copper engravings plates on 57 single leaves, 24 double-page plates mounted on guards, and 17 large folding multi -page panoramas mounted on guards, 23 engraved vignettes in the text . Second French edition. The fine panoramas include: Smyrna, Constantinople, the Bosphorus, Chios ,Rhodes, Tyre, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Aleppo, and Palmyra. Evenly toned throughout; some spotting to text and plates. Tall copy with good upper & lower margins of plates.
Contemporary full calf, worn; joints split, hinges cracked.
Blackmer/ Navari:225; Blackmer/Sotheby's 47; Lipperheide:546. 394 by 264mm (15½ by 10½ inches).    €11000

Travels in the Levant.

Le Bruyn, Cornelius. Voyage au Levant. "Voyage Au Levant, C'est. à-dire, Dans les Principaux Endroits de L'Asie Mineur, Dans les Isles de Chio, Rhodes & Chypre &c...." Paris Chez Guilliame Cavalier, Rue St. Jaques àla Fleur de Lys d'Or. 1714
Second French edition.
Folio : ( 335x215mm); pp[xii] + 408 + [6]
Engraved allegorical frontispiece by R du Val; title in red & black. Lacking the portrait of the author. Large folding map of "Mare Mediterraneum" and 210 numbered copper engravings plates on 54 single leaves, 26 double-page plates mounted on guards, and 17 large folding multi -page panoramas mounted on guards, 23 engraved vignettes in the text plus 3 engraved insriptions. Views by Cornelis de Bruyn, engraved by H. van Krooneveld, c.1699.

"Starting out from Hague, Flemish traveller and artist Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1727) journeyed through the East from 1674 to 1693. In his second long journey (which lasted from 1701 till 1708) he travelled to Persia and Moscow and finally reached East India. Hundreds of drawings illustrate De Bruyn's chronicles, which have thus rightly earned the reputation of two of the most beautiful travel accounts of all time. Drawings were made by De Bruyn himself – "that was the chief aim of my travels", he wrote, who also supervised the etching of the various views. His chronicle was first published in Flemish and the first French edition of this marvellous work came out in Delft in 1700. According to De Bruyn's own testimony, in his journey throughout the East he carried with him the chronicles of P. Della Valle, J. Thevenot, Ol. Dapper, J.J. Grelot and T. Smith.
The author arrived to Smyrna from Sicily, visited Ephesus and continued on to Magnesia and finally Istanbul. He stayed in this city for a year and a half; in his chronicle he provides a description of the splendid capital and of the coasts of Bosporus as well. On 1st July 1680 he crossed the Dardanelles by boat. He described the Troy region and in February 1681 departed again from Smyrna to Chios, where he stayed for some time. He called this last island "paradise". De Bruyn then travelled in the east Mediterranean, first to Cos and Rodos, of which he gave a description, then to Egypt and from there to the Holy Land and Syria. On his return trip, he visited Cyprus. The rich illustrations of his work made it extremely popular. He is the first traveller to have depicted the interior of the Pyramids in Egypt, Palmyra in Syria and Persepolis in Iran, as well as everyday snapshots of his journey."[ Ioli Vingopoulou (eng.travelogues.gr Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation)] The fine multi-plate, folded panoramas are: Smyrna [ 1000x298mm]; Constantinople [1920x300mm]; 2 of the Bosphorus [each 1000x300mm] ; Chios [1250x304mm]; 2 of Rhodes[640x230mm & 635x228mm]; Tyre [635x250mm];
2 of Alexandria [650x303mm & 620x235mm]; Rama [630x230mm]; Bethlehem [632x250mm]; Jerusalem [1250x305mm]. Aleppo [1030x300mm]; Palmyra [640x277mm]; Sattalia [626x235mm] and Haselaar[620x303mm]
The costume plates mainly concentrate on the ornate headdresses of female Turks and Greeks.
Map of the Mediterranean, which is often lacking, folded ; upper margin short[3-4mm]. Blindstamped vellum over boards; front joint cracked; stain to front board; old ink bibliographical note to front free end paper.
Crisp; lightly toned; a few spots to plates; folded panoramas with some creasing, and edges slightly chipped. Generally good.
Blackmer/ Navari:225; Blackmer/Sotheby's 47; Lipperheide:546;Contominas 100, Weber, II, 402, Brunet, III, f. 911, Cobham & Jeffery, p. 7, Rohricht 1184, Zacharakis 745 335 by 215mm (13¼ by 8½ inches).    €10000

The Islands of Bermuda & Jamaica.

Le Rouge,Georges-Louis. Bermuda. Jamaica. "La Jamaique aux anglois dans le Golfe du Mexique."; " La Bermude aux anglois" A Paris Par le Sr le Rouge, rue des grands Augustins 1748
Copper engraved maps [2 on 1 plate] of the island of Bermuda & Jamaica from Le Rouge's "Atlas Nouveau portatif à l'usage des Militaires et du Voyageur" Original outline colour; verso blank Good impression.
216 by 285mm (8½ by 11¼ inches).    €250

The Island of Martinique.

Le Rouge,Georges-Louis. Martinique. "Isle de la Martinique." Paris Par le Sr le Rouge, rue des grands Augustins 1748
Copper engraved map of the island of Martinique from Le Rouge's "Atlas Nouveau portatif à l'usage des Militaires et du Voyageur" Original outline colour; verso blank Good impression; margins approx 5mm.
213 by 285mm (8½ by 11¼ inches).    €80

The Arch of Hadrian, Athens.

Le Roy, Julien David Le Roy Arh.te de.l in Greciâ. Le Bas Sculp. The Arch of Hadrian, Athens. Architectural details of the Arch of Hadrian, Athens. Paris chez H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, J.L. Nyon/ Jean Neaulme 1758
Copper engraved architectural details of the Arch of Hadrian, Athens from Le Roy's "Les Ruines des Plus Beaux Monuments de la Grece ." Black and white, verso blank. Good impression; scattered spotting.
Blackmer/ Navari :1009; Atabey 709;Cohen de-Ricci 627. 465 by 385mm (18¼ by 15¼ inches).    €250

The Caryatids of the Erechtheum, Athens.

Le Roy, Julien David Le Roy Arh.te de.l in Greciâ. Le Bas Sculp. The Caryatids of the Erechtheum, Athens. Architectural details of the Caryatids , porch of the Erechtheum, Athens. Paris chez H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, J.L. Nyon/ Jean Neaulme 1758
Copper engraved architectural detail of the Caryatids of the Erechtheum, Athens from Le Roy's "Les Ruines des Plus Beaux Monuments de la Grece ." Black and white, verso blank.
The plate shows the "Porch of the Maidens" of the Erechtheum, showing four of the Caryatids supporting the roof of the porch; above detail of the roof and the capitals.

The temple was built between 421 and 406 BC.The need to preserve multiple adjacent sacred precincts likely explains the complex design. The main structure consists of up to four compartments, the largest being the east cella, with an Ionic portico on its east end. On the north side, there is another large porch with six Ionic columns, and on the south, the famous "Porch of the Maidens", with six draped female figures (caryatids) as supporting columns. The porch was built to conceal the giant 15-ft beam needed to support the southwest corner over the metropolis, after the building was drastically reduced in size and budget following the onset of the Peloponnesian war.
The six figures of the Caryatid Porch of the Erechtheum on the Acropolis at Athens. One of those original six figures, removed by Lord Elgin in the early 19th century, is now in the British Museum in London.
Although of the same height and build, and similarly attired and coiffed, the six Caryatids are not the same: their faces, stance, draping, and hair are carved separately; the three on the left stand on their right foot, while the three on the right stand on their left foot. Their bulky, intricately arranged hairstyles serve the crucial purpose of providing static support to their necks, which would otherwise be the thinnest and structurally weakest part. Good impression; some spots to blank margin ; wormhole to extreme lower right edge of page, far from image.
Blackmer/ Navari :1009; Atabey 709;Cohen de-Ricci 627. 464 by 308mm (18¼ by 12¼ inches).    €200

The Erechtheum, Athens.

Le Roy, Julien David Le Roy Arh.te de.l in Greciâ. Le Bas Sculp. The Erechtheum, Athens. Architectural details of theErechtheum, Athens. Paris chez H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, J.L. Nyon/ Jean Neaulme 1758
Copper engraved architectural detail of the Erechtheum, Athens from Le Roy's "Les Ruines des Plus Beaux Monuments de la Grece ." Black and white, verso blank.
The plate shows the façade of the Erechtheum, showing the whole temple with the North Ionic porch and the South porch with the Caryatids.

The temple was built between 421 and 406 BC.The need to preserve multiple adjacent sacred precincts likely explains the complex design. The main structure consists of up to four compartments, the largest being the east cella, with an Ionic portico on its east end. On the north side, there is another large porch with six Ionic columns, and on the south, the famous "Porch of the Maidens", with six draped female figures (caryatids) as supporting columns. The porch was built to conceal the giant 15-ft beam needed to support the southwest corner over the metropolis, after the building was drastically reduced in size and budget following the onset of the Peloponnesian war. Good impression; a couple of spots not within engraved area plate ; wormhole to extreme lower left edge of page, far from image.
Blackmer/ Navari :1009; Atabey 709;Cohen de-Ricci 627. 300 by 463mm (11¾ by 18¼ inches).    €250

The Ionic Capital of the Erechtheum, Athens.

Le Roy, Julien David Le Roy Arh.te de.l in Greciâ. Le Bas Sculp. The Ionic Capital of the Erechtheum, Athens. Architectural details of the Ionic Capital of the Erechtheum, Athens. Paris chez H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, J.L. Nyon/ Jean Neaulme 1758
Copper engraved architectural detail of the Ionic Capital of the Erechtheum, Athens from Le Roy's "Les Ruines des Plus Beaux Monuments de la Grece ." Black and white, verso blank.
The plate shows in large scale the details of the Ionic capital of the Erechtheum beside it are three small details of the decoration. A fine architectural plate of an Ionic capital.

The temple was built between 421 and 406 BC.The need to preserve multiple adjacent sacred precincts likely explains the complex design. The main structure consists of up to four compartments, the largest being the east cella, with an Ionic portico on its east end. On the north side, there is another large porch with six Ionic columns, and on the south, the famous "Porch of the Maidens", with six draped female figures (caryatids) as supporting columns. The porch was built to conceal the giant 15-ft beam needed to support the southwest corner over the metropolis, after the building was drastically reduced in size and budget following the onset of the Peloponnesian war. Good impression; some spots mainly to margins; wormhole to extreme upperleft edge of page, far from image.
Blackmer/ Navari :1009; Atabey 709;Cohen de-Ricci 627. 465 by 308mm (18¼ by 12¼ inches).    €350

The Ionic Columns of the Erechtheion, Athens.

Le Roy, Julien David Le Roy Arh.te de.l in Greciâ. Le Bas Sculp. The Ionic Columns of the Erechtheion, Athens. Architectural details of the Ionic columns and capitals of the Erectheon, Athens. Paris chez H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, J.L. Nyon/ Jean Neaulme 1758
Copper engraved architectural detail of the Ionic Columns of the Erechtheion, Athens from Le Roy's "Les Ruines des Plus Beaux Monuments de la Grece ." Black and white, verso blank.
The plate shows the details of the Ionic columns of the Erechtheion, showing the different decorations of the capitals. A fine architectural plate explaining the Ionic order.

The temple was built between 421 and 406 BC.The need to preserve multiple adjacent sacred precincts likely explains the complex design. The main structure consists of up to four compartments, the largest being the east cella, with an Ionic portico on its east end. On the north side, there is another large porch with six Ionic columns, and on the south, the famous "Porch of the Maidens", with six draped female figures (caryatids) as supporting columns. The porch was built to conceal the giant 15-ft beam needed to support the southwest corner over the metropolis, after the building was drastically reduced in size and budget following the onset of the Peloponnesian war. Good impression; some small spots ; wormhole to extreme lower left edge of page, far from image.
Blackmer/ Navari :1009; Atabey 709;Cohen de-Ricci 627. 465 by 308mm (18¼ by 12¼ inches).    €200

The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, Athens.

Le Roy, Julien David Le Roy Arh.te de.l in Greciâ. Le Bas Sculp. The Monument of Lysicrates, Athens. Architectural plate of the Monument of Lysicrates, Athens. Paris chez H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, J.L. Nyon/ Jean Neaulme 1758
Copper engraved architectural details of the Monument of Lysicrates, Athens from Le Roy's "Les Ruines des Plus Beaux Monuments de la Grece ." Black and white, verso blank. Good impression; evenly toned;
Blackmer/ Navari :1009; Atabey 709;Cohen de-Ricci 627. 460 by 305mm (18 by 12 inches) .    €300

Portico of the Temple of Erechtheum, Athens.

Le Roy, Julien David Le Roy Arh.te de.l in Greciâ. Le Bas Sculp. The Temple of Erechtheum, Athens. Architectural details of the portico of the Erechtheum, Athens. Paris chez H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, J.L. Nyon/ Jean Neaulme 1758
2 Copper engraved architectural details of the Erechtheum, Athens from Le Roy's "Les Ruines des Plus Beaux Monuments de la Grece ." Black and white, verso blank.
The first plate [xvi] shows the portico of the Erechtheum, supported by 6 Ionic columns, with a plan above of the entire temple Plate xviii shows details of the mouldings

The temple was built between 421 and 406 BC.The need to preserve multiple adjacent sacred precincts likely explains the complex design. The main structure consists of up to four compartments, the largest being the east cella, with an Ionic portico on its east end. On the north side, there is another large porch with six Ionic columns, and on the south, the famous "Porch of the Maidens", with six draped female figures (caryatids) as supporting columns. The porch was built to conceal the giant 15-ft beam needed to support the southwest corner over the metropolis, after the building was drastically reduced in size and budget following the onset of the Peloponnesian war. Good impression; light spotting ; wormhole to extreme lower edge of page, far from image.
Blackmer/ Navari :1009; Atabey 709;Cohen de-Ricci 627. 460 by 304mm (18 by 12 inches), plate xvi; 458x304mm plate xviii.    €100

The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, Athens.

Le Roy, Julien David Le Roy Arh.te de.l in Greciâ. Le Bas Sculp. View of the Lantern of Demosthenes, Athens. "Vue de la Lanterne de Demosthene à Athenes." Paris chez H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, J.L. Nyon/ Jean Neaulme 1758
Copper engraved view the" Lantern of Demosthenes "or Lysicrates Monument, Athens from Le Roy's "Les Ruines des Plus Beaux Monuments de la Grece ." Black and white, verso blank.

The view shows the monument as part of the French Capuchin monastry, with a group of musicians and dancers in the street.

The monastry founded in 1658, succeeded in purchasing the monument,in 1669 when it was being called the "Lantern of Diogenes" after the famous Athenian cynic philosopher of the 4th century BC.
A reading of its inscription by Jacob Spon established its original purpose. and that it was was erected by the choregos Lysicrates, a wealthy patron of musical performances in the Theater of Dionysus, to commemorate the award of first prize in 335/334 BC to one of the performances he had sponsored. [The choregos was the sponsor who paid for and supervised the training of the dramatic dance-chorus.]
It was erected in the Street of the Tripods an ancient road that led from the sanctuary of Dionysos around the east and northeast sides of the Acropolis and the monument is adorned with a frieze depicting episodes of the life of Dionysus, the god whose rites developed into Greek theatre. (In the Middle Ages, the monument also acquired the nickname "Lantern of Demosthenes" from the erroneous belief that the 4h century orator composed his speeches there.)

Lord Byron stayed at the Capuchin monastery during his second visit to Greece. In 1818, friar Francis planted in its gardens the first tomato plants in Greece. In 1821 the convent, which had enclosed the monument, used as a storage for books, was burned during the Ottoman occupation of Athens, and subsequently demolished, and the monument was inadvertently exposed to the weather. In 1829, the monks offered the structure to an Englishman on tour, but it proved to be too cumbersome to disassemble and ship. Lord Elgin negotiated unsuccessfully for the monument, by then an icon in the Greek Revival.

French archaeologists cleared the rubble from the half-buried monument and searched the area for missing architectural parts. In 1876–1887, the architects François Boulanger and E. Loviot supervised a restoration under the auspices of the French government. Bright dark impression; light foxing ,mainly to blank margins.
Blackmer/ Navari :1009; Atabey 709;Cohen de-Ricci 627. 310 by 465mm (12¼ by 18¼ inches).    €850

Hadrian's Gate, Athens.

Le Roy, Julien David Le Roy Arh.te de.l in Greciâ. Le Bas Sculp. View of the Monument called the arch of Theseus at Athens. "Vue du Monument appellé vulgairement à Athenes l'Arc de Thesée." Paris chez H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, J.L. Nyon/ Jean Neaulme 1758
Copper engraved view of Hadrian's Gate, Athens from Le Roy's "Les Ruines des Plus Beaux Monuments de la Grece ." Black and white, verso blank.
The view shows the Gate or Arch of Hadrian, with a glimpse of the Temple of Olympian Zeus behind.
Le Roy identifies it as the arch of Theseus, probably due to the inscription on the west sidefacing the Acropolis stating "This is the ancient city of Theseus"
However on the side facing the Olympeon there is another inscription stating "This is the city of Hadrian and not of Theseus". The arch was erected around131/2 AD at the time of the dedication of the Olympeonand Hadrian's visit to the city. Bright dark impression; lightly toned; a couple of spots to blank margins; short tear of 10mm [repaired] to left margin .
Blackmer/ Navari :1009; Atabey 709 ;Cohen de-Ricci 627. 295 by 437mm (11½ by 17¼ inches).    €750

The Monument to Thrasyllus, Athens.

Le Roy, Julien David Le Roy Arh.te de.l in Greciâ. Le Bas Sculp. View of the Monument to Thrasyllus, Athens. "Vue d'un Monument éléve en l'honneur de Thrasyllus à Athenes." Paris chez H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, J.L. Nyon/ Jean Neaulme 1758
Copper engraved view of the monument to Thrasyllus, Athens from Le Roy's "Les Ruines des Plus Beaux Monuments de la Grece ." Black and white, verso blank.
The view shows the Monument situated on the south face of the Acropolis, the monument was constructed in 320 B.C. as a façade fronting a shallow cave or grotto halfway up the cliff. (Fig. 1) Thrasyllus was an ancient Greek chorus leader. According to its inscriptions, the monument commemorated the victory of Thrasyllus's chorus during a festival performance. The trophy given in such contests was a bronze tripod. The tripod in this case is believed to have been affixed to the lap of the statue seated on the parapet
During the Hellenistic times suffered many changes and later became a Christian church, the St. Mary of the Cave. It was finally destroyed by the canons of the Turkish general Kütahı pasha during the 1827 siege of the city. Bright dark impression; a few spots to blank margins.
Blackmer/ Navari :1009; Atabey 709;Cohen de-Ricci 627. 303 by 462mm (12 by 18¼ inches).    €300