Duncan MACPHERSON
Antiquities of Kertch, and researches in the Cimmerian Bosphorus; with remarks on the ethnological and physical history of the Crimea
Smith, Elder & Co|London [Londres [London]] 1857|28 x 37.8 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, illustrated with a frontispiece depicting the site of the ancient city of Panticapaeum (now Kerch, in Crimea), a title-page vignette showing a view of the modern town, two maps (Greek colonies of the Bosphorus and the Black Sea; the Strait of Kerch, with Macpherson’s route), as well as 12 plates, 9 of them in colour (tumuli, vases, bronzes, oil lamps, statuettes, symbols, inscriptions and various objects recovered during excavations), and numerous wood-engravings in the text.
Cf. Abbey, Travel in aquatint and lithography, 243. Blackmer, 1055.
Publisher’s grey blind-stamped cloth, gilt title lettered lengthwise to the smooth spine, large gilt device blocked at th
€2,800