WOOD, Robert (1717-1771)]. The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor, in the Desart . London: n.p., 1753. 2 o (532 x 365 mm). 59 etched and engraved plates after G.B. Borra numbered to 57, plate one on 3 sheets forming a panoramic view, 3 full-page engravings of inscriptions. (Scattered spotting and browning, short marginal tear to U1.) Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, spine in 8 compartments with 7 raised bands, gilt morocco lettering piece laid in (rubbed, upper cover detached, lower hinge cracked). Provenance : John Waldie Hendersyde (bookplate); Joseph Scott (bookplate); Westbury (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of this very successful and celebrated archaeological work. "No such meticulous and handsome archaeological work had yet appeared in the English language, and the nation could feel proud to have a worthy competitor for the lavish folios produced in France and Italy" (RIBA). The plates were engraved by Pierre Fourdrinier Thomas Major and J.S. Muller, Jr., after drawings by Borra, the Italian architect who accompanied Wood and James Dawkins on their tour of Asia Minor in 1750-51. Berlin Kat 1884; Blackmer 1834 (French edition); Cohen-de Ricci 916; Fowler 443; Harris 939; RIBA 3707. WOOD, Robert (1717-1771). The Ruins of Balbec, Otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria . London: n.p., 1757. 2 o (540 x 362 mm). 45 engraved plates, 10 folding, one unnumbered bound in at end (lacking plates 12 and 21). (Some browning and spotting.) Contemporary calf (rubbed, worn, hinges starting, a few leaves loose). Provenance : Robert Balch (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Wood, accompanied by James Dawkins, John Bouverie and the Italian artist and architect Giovanni Battista Borra, travelled extensively in the Levant, reaching the relatively unvisited sites of Palmyra and Balbec in 1751. He published The Ruins of Palmyra in 1753, and The Ruins of Balbec four years later. "Both publications on these unfamiliar sites were important architectural source books" (Blackmer). The engraved plates are by Fourdrinier and Major after Giovanni Battista Borra. Berlin Kat. 1887; Blackmer 1835; Cohen-de Ricci 916; Fowler 444. (2)
WOOD, Robert (1717-1771)]. The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor, in the Desart . London: n.p., 1753. 2 o (532 x 365 mm). 59 etched and engraved plates after G.B. Borra numbered to 57, plate one on 3 sheets forming a panoramic view, 3 full-page engravings of inscriptions. (Scattered spotting and browning, short marginal tear to U1.) Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, spine in 8 compartments with 7 raised bands, gilt morocco lettering piece laid in (rubbed, upper cover detached, lower hinge cracked). Provenance : John Waldie Hendersyde (bookplate); Joseph Scott (bookplate); Westbury (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of this very successful and celebrated archaeological work. "No such meticulous and handsome archaeological work had yet appeared in the English language, and the nation could feel proud to have a worthy competitor for the lavish folios produced in France and Italy" (RIBA). The plates were engraved by Pierre Fourdrinier Thomas Major and J.S. Muller, Jr., after drawings by Borra, the Italian architect who accompanied Wood and James Dawkins on their tour of Asia Minor in 1750-51. Berlin Kat 1884; Blackmer 1834 (French edition); Cohen-de Ricci 916; Fowler 443; Harris 939; RIBA 3707. WOOD, Robert (1717-1771). The Ruins of Balbec, Otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria . London: n.p., 1757. 2 o (540 x 362 mm). 45 engraved plates, 10 folding, one unnumbered bound in at end (lacking plates 12 and 21). (Some browning and spotting.) Contemporary calf (rubbed, worn, hinges starting, a few leaves loose). Provenance : Robert Balch (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Wood, accompanied by James Dawkins, John Bouverie and the Italian artist and architect Giovanni Battista Borra, travelled extensively in the Levant, reaching the relatively unvisited sites of Palmyra and Balbec in 1751. He published The Ruins of Palmyra in 1753, and The Ruins of Balbec four years later. "Both publications on these unfamiliar sites were important architectural source books" (Blackmer). The engraved plates are by Fourdrinier and Major after Giovanni Battista Borra. Berlin Kat. 1887; Blackmer 1835; Cohen-de Ricci 916; Fowler 444. (2)
WOOD, Robert (1717-1771)]. The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor, in the Desart . London: n.p., 1753. 2 o (532 x 365 mm). 59 etched and engraved plates after G.B. Borra numbered to 57, plate one on 3 sheets forming a panoramic view, 3 full-page engravings of inscriptions. (Scattered spotting and browning, short marginal tear to U1.) Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, spine in 8 compartments with 7 raised bands, gilt morocco lettering piece laid in (rubbed, upper cover detached, lower hinge cracked). Provenance : John Waldie Hendersyde (bookplate); Joseph Scott (bookplate); Westbury (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of this very successful and celebrated archaeological work. "No such meticulous and handsome archaeological work had yet appeared in the English language, and the nation could feel proud to have a worthy competitor for the lavish folios produced in France and Italy" (RIBA). The plates were engraved by Pierre Fourdrinier Thomas Major and J.S. Muller, Jr., after drawings by Borra, the Italian architect who accompanied Wood and James Dawkins on their tour of Asia Minor in 1750-51. Berlin Kat 1884; Blackmer 1834 (French edition); Cohen-de Ricci 916; Fowler 443; Harris 939; RIBA 3707. WOOD, Robert (1717-1771). The Ruins of Balbec, Otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria . London: n.p., 1757. 2 o (540 x 362 mm). 45 engraved plates, 10 folding, one unnumbered bound in at end (lacking plates 12 and 21). (Some browning and spotting.) Contemporary calf (rubbed, worn, hinges starting, a few leaves loose). Provenance : Robert Balch (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Wood, accompanied by James Dawkins, John Bouverie and the Italian artist and architect Giovanni Battista Borra, travelled extensively in the Levant, reaching the relatively unvisited sites of Palmyra and Balbec in 1751. He published The Ruins of Palmyra in 1753, and The Ruins of Balbec four years later. "Both publications on these unfamiliar sites were important architectural source books" (Blackmer). The engraved plates are by Fourdrinier and Major after Giovanni Battista Borra. Berlin Kat. 1887; Blackmer 1835; Cohen-de Ricci 916; Fowler 444. (2)
WOOD, Robert (1717-1771)]. The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor, in the Desart . London: n.p., 1753. 2 o (532 x 365 mm). 59 etched and engraved plates after G.B. Borra numbered to 57, plate one on 3 sheets forming a panoramic view, 3 full-page engravings of inscriptions. (Scattered spotting and browning, short marginal tear to U1.) Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, spine in 8 compartments with 7 raised bands, gilt morocco lettering piece laid in (rubbed, upper cover detached, lower hinge cracked). Provenance : John Waldie Hendersyde (bookplate); Joseph Scott (bookplate); Westbury (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of this very successful and celebrated archaeological work. "No such meticulous and handsome archaeological work had yet appeared in the English language, and the nation could feel proud to have a worthy competitor for the lavish folios produced in France and Italy" (RIBA). The plates were engraved by Pierre Fourdrinier Thomas Major and J.S. Muller, Jr., after drawings by Borra, the Italian architect who accompanied Wood and James Dawkins on their tour of Asia Minor in 1750-51. Berlin Kat 1884; Blackmer 1834 (French edition); Cohen-de Ricci 916; Fowler 443; Harris 939; RIBA 3707. WOOD, Robert (1717-1771). The Ruins of Balbec, Otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria . London: n.p., 1757. 2 o (540 x 362 mm). 45 engraved plates, 10 folding, one unnumbered bound in at end (lacking plates 12 and 21). (Some browning and spotting.) Contemporary calf (rubbed, worn, hinges starting, a few leaves loose). Provenance : Robert Balch (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Wood, accompanied by James Dawkins, John Bouverie and the Italian artist and architect Giovanni Battista Borra, travelled extensively in the Levant, reaching the relatively unvisited sites of Palmyra and Balbec in 1751. He published The Ruins of Palmyra in 1753, and The Ruins of Balbec four years later. "Both publications on these unfamiliar sites were important architectural source books" (Blackmer). The engraved plates are by Fourdrinier and Major after Giovanni Battista Borra. Berlin Kat. 1887; Blackmer 1835; Cohen-de Ricci 916; Fowler 444. (2)
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