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ANTIQUITIES--A collection of 10 works on the antiquities and archaeology of the ancient world bound in 13 volumes, comprising: STUART, James (1713-1788) and Nicholas REVETT (1720-1804). The Antiquities of Athens. Measured and Delineated . Volume II edited by William Newton (1735-1790), volume III by Willey Reveley (1760-1799), volume IV by Joseph Woods (1776-1864). London: 'printed by John Haberkorn' [vol. I], 'printed by John Nichols' [vols II-III], T. Bensley for J. Taylor [vol. IV], Priestley and Weale [vol. V], '1762' [vols I and III watermarked 1808]-1830. 5 volumes. Engraved portrait of Stuart by and after Charles Knight from vol. II mounted on flyleaf of vol. I as a frontispiece, engraved portrait frontispiece of Revett by Taylor after Ramsay in vol. IV, and engraved portrait frontispieces of Stuart and Revett by W.C. Edwards after Proven and Ramsay in vol. V. 367 engraved plans, measured drawings, and plates by J. Basire, C. Grignion, J. Newton, W. Skelton, et al. after Stuart, Revett, W. Pars, W. Reveley, et al., 3 double-page, 4 double-page folding, and 2 folding, double-page folding map of Greece hand-coloured in outline. Engraved title-vignettes, illustrations, and head- and tailpieces. 'Errata and Additional Observations' leaf at the end of vol. III. (Some variable browning and spotting, vol. I without the 3-leaf list of subscribers called for in the first edition, vol. V lacking half-title.) Blackmer 1617 (calling ?erroneously for 53 plates in vol. V); Brunet V, 570; Cicognara 2713; Fowler 340; Harris 857; Millard British 81. [WOOD, Robert (1717-1771)]. The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor, in the Desart . London: [Robert Wood], 1753. 59 engraved plates and plans by P. Fourdrinier, J.S. Müller, T.M. Müller, and T. Major after G.B. Borra et al. 3 full-page engraved illustrations of inscriptions by J. Gibson. (Occasional light spotting, one plate trimmed, touching border.) FIRST EDITION, [?later] issue with p.5, l.28 reading 'Herenianus' and 7 errata on p.50. Cohen-De Ricci 916; Fowler 443; Harris 939; Millard British 92. [ Bound with :] [R. WOOD.] The Ruins of Balbec, Otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria . London: [Robert Wood], 1757. 46 engraved plates and maps numbered I-XLVI [plate III on 2 sheets] by Fourdrinier and Major after Giovanni Battista Borra, 11 double-page folding. Engraved illustration of inscription. (Occasional light spotting, one plate trimmed.) FIRST EDITION. Berlin Kat. 1887; Blackmer 1835; Cohen-De Ricci 916; Fowler 444. ADAM, Robert (1728-1792). Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia . [London]: the author, 1764. Engraved frontispiece by F. Bartolozzi and 60 engraved numbered plates on 53 leaves (numbered I-LXI including frontispiece), including 2 double-page, 11 double-page folding and one triple-page folding, by Bartolozzi, Zucchi, F. Patton, P. Santini, E. Rooker, A. Walker, D. Cunego, P. Mazell and J. Basire after Charles-Louis Clérisseau. (Occasional light spotting, a few plates trimmed touching border or number.) FIRST EDITION. Blackmer 3; Berlin Katalog 1893; Cicognara 3567; Fowler 2; Millard British 1. LE ROY, Julien David (1724-1803). Les ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grece . Paris: Louis-François-Delatour for Musier Fils, 1770. 2 volumes in one. 61 engraved plates and plans by Le Bas et al. after Le Roy. Woodcut title-vignettes and tailpiece. (Occasional light spotting.) Provenance : E.H.E. D'Arcy (early inscription on title). SECOND, AUGMENTED EDITION, containing one more plate than the first edition of 1758. Brunet III, col.1003 (the second edition 'contient des changements, des augmentations considérables et une planche nouvelle'); Cohen-De Ricci 627. WILKINS, William (1778-1839). The Antiquities of Magna Graecia . Cambridge: at the University Press by Richard Watts for Longman, Hurst, Orme and Rees, 1807. 73 engraved plates comprising 52 line-engravings of measured drawings, one double-page, and 21 sepia aquatint views. Engraved title