{"product_id":"choiseul-gouffier-m-g-f-a-comte-de-voyage-pittoresque-de-la-grece-a-paris-chez-j-j-blaise-1782-1822","title":"CHOISEUL-GOUFFIER (M.G.F.A., Comte de). Voyage pittoresque de la Grèce. A Paris chez J. J. Blaise, 1782-1822.","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo parts in 3 volumes folio ; quarter binding of red calf, ornamental spine with black and gilt fillets and gilt and blind tooled roll-stamp, gilt title and volumes numbering, yellow edges (binding slightly worn).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith  the portrait of Choiseul-Gouffier engraved by M. F Dien after Boilly, 3 engraved titles, 2 double-page engraved maps and 285 engraved views, maps and plans on 168 leaves, a table on double-page with the “race de Dardanus”, and several engraved head-and tail pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work consists of:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eVolume I\u003c\/u\u003e –1 half-title, \u003cstrong\u003e1 frontispiece-title,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e2 folding\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003emaps\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eof modern and ancient Greece\u003c\/strong\u003e, 204 pp., \u003cstrong\u003e126 engravings in 100 sheets\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e2 head-pieces, 12 tail-pieces.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eVolume II\u003c\/u\u003e – 1 half-title, 1 \u003cstrong\u003efrontispiece-title\u003c\/strong\u003e, (2), 346 pp., \u003cstrong\u003e34 engravings in 20 sheets, 1 table, 2\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ehead-pieces\u003c\/strong\u003e, 2 \u003cstrong\u003etail-pieces\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eVolume III\u003c\/u\u003e – 1 half-title\u003cstrong\u003e, a portrait of M.G.F.A. Comte de Choiseul-Gouffier\u003c\/strong\u003e by M. F Dien 1 \u003cstrong\u003efrontispiece-title\u003c\/strong\u003e, (1), xii pp., 172 pp. (numbered 347 to 518), \u003cstrong\u003e125 engravings\u003c\/strong\u003e (numbered 34 to 157) \u003cstrong\u003ein 48 sheets, 2\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ehead-pieces\u003c\/strong\u003e, 2 \u003cstrong\u003etail-pieces\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEx-libris\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished between 1782 and 1822, this monumental work of travel is a collection of engravings and maps relative to the sites of antique and modern Greece. The illustrations tend to report scientifically rests of the antique history, and the 168 full plates containing 283 engravings (maps, men, plans, views, architecture, …) are engraved by miscellaneous artists after the drawings of Choiseul-Gouffier, J.B. Hilaire, and Moreau.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter Choiseul-Gouffier’s premature death, the bookseller-publisher J.J. Blaise, who wanted to finish this monumental and magnificent work, obtained all rights to publish it. With the help of two academicians, MM. Barbié du Bocage and Letronne, he’ll publish the 3rd volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotice historique\u003c\/em\u003e on M. de Choiseul by his « colleague and friend » M. Dacier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePassionately fond of antiquity from childhood, Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier (1752-1817) is marked by the good relationship he has with Jean-Jacques Barthélémy, the author of the \u003cem\u003eVoyage d’Anarchasis\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1776, he embarks under order of Marquis de Chabert, for Greece on the frigate Atalante with painters and architects, He explores the Peloponnese, islands of the Aegean Sea, Asia Minor, he studies manners, habits and customs, draws ruins and monuments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter return, rich of all these informations, he publishes an account of his travel under the title \u003cem\u003eVoyage pittoresque de la Grèce\u003c\/em\u003e. Succes is immediate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrench diplomat successor of D’Alembert at the French Academy (since 1783), he is appointed ambassador in Constantinople from 1784 to 1791, and thus he can carry on discovering Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1792, he refuses to come back to France (because of the Revolution). He finds refuge with the Empress Catherine II of Russia, and is appointed director of the Academy of Arts and the Imperial Libraries of Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe comes back to France in 1802.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second volume of his \u003cem\u003eVoyage pittoresque de la Grèce\u003c\/em\u003e will be published only in 1809.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe third volume will be published after his death, in 1822.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCohen- De Ricci 238; Graesse II\/135; Sander 357; Chadenat 37; Lewine 111; Brunet I\/1847 ; Blackmer 342.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CHOISEUL-GOUFFIER (M.G.F.A., Comte de)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58465904984399,"sku":"962","price":9000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/rare-books-revival-ni470-ssjtnv03.myshopify.com\/products\/choiseul-gouffier-m-g-f-a-comte-de-voyage-pittoresque-de-la-grece-a-paris-chez-j-j-blaise-1782-1822","provider":"rare-books-revival-ni470","version":"1.0","type":"link"}