‎WOOD Robert‎
‎THE RUINS OF BALBEC OTHERWISE HELIOPOLIS IN COELOSYRIA.‎

‎ London, 1757. In folio (mm. 540 x 363), bella legatura in p. pelle coeva (alone al piatto anter.), pregevoli cornici dorate e a secco ai piatti, dorso a cordoni (rifatto) con fregi e tit. oro, dentelle dorata ai risg., tagli marmorizzati, pp. (2), 8, magnificamente illustrato da 46 i.e. 47 tavole (una - la tav. 3 - due volte a doppia pagina e 9 sono ripiegate), inc. in rame da P. Foudrinier e Thomas Major su disegno dell'Arch. Borra, tutte descritte. "Prima edizione" di questa stupenda opera architettonica (nello stesso anno fu pubblicata a Londra anche in versione francese). L'archeologo irlandese Robert Wood (1717 ca.-1771), comp viaggi ed esplorazioni scientifiche insieme a J. Bouverie, J. Dawkins e all'artista italiano Giovanni Battista Borra, in Grecia e in Asia Minore, specialmente nei luoghi omerici, pubblicando volumi sulle rovine di Palmira (1753), di Baalbek (1757) e studi sul problema omerico in relazione alla topografia della Troade (1769, 1775). Fu sottosegretario di stato dal 1756 al 1763. Wood descrive le rovine di Baalbek, in Libano, come tra le pi audaci opere di architettura dell'antichit. Erano ancora in piedi nove colonne del tempio di Giove, ma tre crollarono, probabilmente in occasione del terremoto del 1759. Cfr. The Mark Millard Architectural Collection,II,93: The text of "The ruins of Balbec" was written by Wood, with a history of the site, an account of the Journey from Palmira to Balbec', and an analysis of the inscriptions found.. The volume was, in many ways, even more appreciated than the first (Palmira), and more influential.. Many of the details of the temples at Baalbek were taken up by English architects; the Circular Temple' was twice imitated, by William Chambers at Kew, in 1761, and Henry Flitcroft, a few years later, at Stourhead. Cfr. anche Fowler,444 (English ed.) - Berlin Cat,I,1887 / Cicognara,2723 e Brunet,IV,1457: Ouvrage d'une excution remarquable per l'ediz. in francese del 1757. Solo lievi uniformi ingialliture e qualche lieve fiorit. margin., ma complessivam. esemplare ben conservato.‎

Reference : 117448


‎‎

€8,000.00 (€8,000.00 )
Bookseller's contact details

Libreria Malavasi
Sergio Malavasi
Largo Schuster 1
20122 Milano
Italy

malavasi@libreriamalavasi.com

+39 02 804607

Contact bookseller

Payment mode
Cheque
Transfer
Others
Sale conditions

par virement bancaire - contre remboursement (pour clients en Italie seulement) - paypal

Contact bookseller about this book

Enter these characters to validate your form.
*
Send
Get it on Google Play Get it on AppStore
The item was added to your cart
You have just added :

-

There are/is 0 item(s) in your cart.
Total : €0.00
(without shipping fees)
What can I do with a user account ?

What can I do with a user account ?

  • All your searches are memorised in your history which allows you to find and redo anterior searches.
  • You may manage a list of your favourite, regular searches.
  • Your preferences (language, search parameters, etc.) are memorised.
  • You may send your search results on your e-mail address without having to fill in each time you need it.
  • Get in touch with booksellers, order books and see previous orders.
  • Publish Events related to books.

And much more that you will discover browsing Livre Rare Book !