CHOISEUL-GOUFFIER - Lot 91

CHOISEUL-GOUFFIER Voyage pittoresque de la Grèce, tome premier, Paris, s. n., 1782; tome second, [Ière partie], P., s.n., 1809, tome second, IIe partie, P. Blaise, 1822. 3 volumes in 2 vols. in-folio (approx. 520 x 355 mm), contemporary marbled basane, spines with 5 ornate nerves, red morocco title-pieces and black morocco giblets. Volume I: [4] ff. of which false-title, title-frontispiece, explanation of the frontispiece, summary, xvi pp. preliminary speech, 204 pp., pp. 3 to 8 and pp. 183-184 repeated, [1] p. notice to the binder; Volume II first part: [4] ff. of which false-title, portrait-frontispiece of the author, title-frontispiece and warning, XII pp. notice, [4] pp. explanation, 346 pp.; vol. II part two: [2] ff. including masthead and title-frontispiece, pp. 347 to 518 including table of contents. Volume I: 126 plates. Volume II: 159 plates including 8 bis and 76 bis. Complete with 285 plates, including numbered maps and plans, the double-page Genealogical Table of Dardanus, not included in the pagination, and 2 unnumbered folding maps of ancient and modern Greece. Remarkable headbands, vignettes and culs-de-lampe. Heads and spines weakened or cracked over a few centimeters, spotting on boards. Scattered foxing on some plates and text ff., some ff. yellowed, some marginal wetness and tears and minor defects. As is