Books and Manuscripts

(Gell, William, et al.)
The Unedited Antiquities of Attica; Comprising the Architectural Remains of Eleusis, Rhamnus, Sunium, and Thoricus. By the Society of Dilettanti
London: Printed by W. Bulmer, Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, et al., 1817. First edition. Folio, 21 7/8 x 14 1/2 in. (556 x 368 mm). (viii), 59 pp. Illustrated with 78 engraved plates, by John Peter Gandy, Sir William Gell, Francis Octavius Bedford, and others. Buff paper over cloth-covered boards, soiled and worn; all edges untrimmed; foxing to plates; foxing and toning to text leaves; scattered offsetting. Blackmer 1569

Recounts the expedition to Greece and Asia Minor, from 1811-13, under the leadership of Sir William Gell (1777-1836), on behalf of the Society of Dilettanti, and recording the antiquities at Eleusis, Thorikos, Sounion, and Rhamnous.