Lot no. 48
OMONT (Henri). Athens in the 17th century. Drawings of the sculptures of the Parthenon attributed to J. Carrey and preserved at the Bibliothèque nationale, accompanied by views and plans of Athens and the Acropolis. Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1898. In-folio, leaves, printed cover, cloth-backed portfolio. Suite of 46 plates reproducing drawings attributed to Jacques Carrey (1649-1726), an artist born and died in Troyes, who was in the service of the Marquis de Nointel during his embassy to the Sublime Porte.
Minor marginal tears to a few plates, missing printed cover. Missing plate 29.
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