Jacques Guillaume LEGRAND, Galerie antique ou... Lot 106

Jacques Guillaume LEGRAND, Galerie antique ou Collection des chefs-d'oeuvre d'architecture, de sculpture et de peinture antiques, [Monuments de la Grèce ou Collection des chefs-d'oeuvre, Paris, Durand jeune, 1842 and Paris, Treuttel et Würtz, 1808] 1 vol. in-folio: faux-titre, title, 184p., 95pl. num. A, B, 1-93 Very slight trace of light moisture on title and faux-titre, text and plates at full margins and in perfect condition; plates printed on Hollande paper. Binding restored: muted half-calf with 6 false-nerve corners, in its original stitching. A very fresh copy of this rare book. There is only one edition of this work printed in 1808, but our copy is presented with a faux-title and a resale title, both slightly smaller than the other leaves. Legrand, in company with Landon, had produced two reference works on the monuments of Paris and London.