Athens – 1832

Notes

• Shows extant and presumed antiquities (buildings, theaters, tombs, walls, etc.) of central Athens as in 1832.
• Relief shown by hachures.
• “Published by Baldwin & Cradock, 47 Paternoster Row, Nov’r 1.1832.”
• “Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.”
• LC copy imperfect: Brittle, torn at margins.
• Includes notes, inset of “Acropolis of Athens”, a ground-level “Panorama of Athens from the original drawing of C.R. Cockerell Esq’re A.R.A.” in 3 segments in the left/top/right-hand margins, 2 ground-level views of the Acropolis (in its original form), and ill. of principal buildings (in their original forms) in the lower margin.

Names

Leake, William Martin, 1777-1860.
Cockerell, C. R. (Charles Robert), 1788-1863.
Clarke, W. B.
Henshall, J.
Baldwin & Cradock.
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)