Costumes et usages des peuples de la Grece moderne : d'apres les dessins executes sur les lieux en 1811

Otto Magnus von Stackelberg; A. Testa, N. Guidetti, G. Mochetti, B. Consorti and I. Sarti

Rome, 1825

[First published work on Greece, Costume Book] Folio, 34.5 x 24cm. Engraved title page, 21 (of 30) plates. Two plates (VIII & IX) hand colored.  Bound in contemporary 3/4 leather over marbled boards. Modern leather spine label. Foxing throughout, affecting some plates. Engraved by A. Testa, N. Guidetti, G. Mochetti, B. Consorti and I. Sarti, etc. Provenance: Armorial book plate of John Francis Basset.  Later ownership of United States Ambassador and diplomat, Alexander Weddell (1876-1948).  Refs: Quite rare. Not in Blackmer, but cf. 1591 (and footnote describing this first edition); not in Colas or Lipperheide. Stackelberg had travelled in Greece during the period 1810-1814, and was in Athens simultaneously with Byron. He excavated several archaeological sites, concentrating on Bassae.