L'Ancienne Athènes, ou la description des antiquités d'Athènes et de ses environs, par Mr. K.S. Pittakys Athénien, dédié au Roi

Rare édition originale illustrée en fin de volume d'une grande planche d'inscriptions repliée hors-texte (Cf. Blackmer 1317. Pas dans Atabey.)

Reliure en demi veau havane à coins, dos lisse assombri orné de filets dorés, pièce de titre de chagrin noir, plats de papier marbré comportant des frottements, tranches mouchetées de rouge, reliure de l'époque.

Un mors fragile tendant à se détacher, rousseurs.

"Pittakis is known as the first Greek archaeologist. His early steps were guided by the French consul in Athens, Fauvel, and in 1828, under the provisional government, he was appointed inspector of antiquities. In 1833, with the coming of King Otho, he was appointed supervisor of antiquities of mainland Greece. In that same year he carried out the first excavation on the Acropolis and began to organize the first collection of the antiquities of Athens. This work, dedicated to King Otho, is probably one of the first books describing ancient Athens to be published in Athens itself" [Leonora Navari].