Apr 11, 2013 - Sale 2309

Sale 2309 - Lot 136

Price Realized: $ 3,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
NEWTON, CHARLES THOMAS, Sir; and PULLAN, RICHARD POPPLEWELL. A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus, & Branchidae. 14 lithographed plates; folding map. One volume in 2. With atlas containing lithographed additional title and 97 plates, partly after photographs. Together, 3 volumes. Text volumes 8vo, 258x160 mm, atlas folio, 565x370 mm, all in original cloth, atlas recased with hinges reinforced; text contents generally clean, rear hinge cracked in second volume, varying foxing in the atlas, most noticeably on preliminaries and plates toward the beginning and end, dedication leaf loose. London, 1862-63

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first edition of an account of the excavation of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This was one of the first archaeological expeditions to make use of photography. Blackmer sale 1354 (atlas only).