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Voyage de La Troade, fait dans les annees 1785 et 1786.

Stock Code 101169

Paris, Dentu, 1802

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This edition contains many plates and material not published earlier.

The atlas includes plates of Corfu, Zante, Ithaca, and Athens, in addition to 5 views of the plain of Troy which have been re-engraved from the aquatints in Morritt's Vindication. Le Chevalier's survey of the Troad marks the beginning of modern archaeological exploration in that area, despite the fact that his theory as to the location of Troy proved to be incorrect. Le Chevalier worked with Choiseul Gouffier and Louis Francois Cassas.

Third edition, 4 volumes: (3 vols 8vo text & folio atlas of engraved plates), 37 numbered plates on 29 sheets of which 16 double-page or large folding,text contemporary tree calf gilt, red and green labels, atlas contemporary calf-backed boards, calf tips, a very good set.

Atabey 698; Blackmer 994; cf. Koç 174 ( 1st ed.); Weber 608.
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Voyage de La Troade, fait dans les annees 1785 et 1786.

LE CHEVALIER, Jean Baptiste.

Stock code: 101169

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