Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 344
Wilkins (William). The Antiquities of Magna Graecia, 1st edition, Cambridge: Printed at University Press, by Richard Watts, 1807, engraved vignette title, 73 engraved plates (20 aquatints), subscribers list, contemporary gift inscription to head of front free endpaper 'George Waddington, the gift of Bishop Maltby', light marginal dust-soiling and scattered spotting, a few gatherings with old marginal damp-staining, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary black half morocco gilt, some light wear to extremities, boards with a few small marks, folio (57 x 37 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey Travel 128; Blackmer 1797.A landmark work in the Greek Revival style in English architecture. Wilkins spent four years in Greece, Italy and Asia Minor from 1801 to 1805 producing works that these plates are based upon. Subscribers included Sir Joseph Banks, John Nash, and Humphry Repton. Views include fine sepia aquatints of Paestum and other temples.