VUE D'ATHENES.

Lot #: 85041

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VUE D'ATHENES.

Maker:		LECHEVALIER, J.B.
Date:		Paris, 1802
Colored:		Uncolored.
Size:		233 x 385 mm / 9.2 x 15.2 inches
Condition:		In generally good condition, with large margins, some soiling in mostly in margins, 3 tears in outer margins, light creasing parallel to centrefold.

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A fine copper-engraved panoramic view of Athens, with the Acropolis in the background, by Jean Baptiste LeChevalier, published in Paris 1802, from the 'Voyage de La Troade, fait dans les annees 1785 et 1786'. [3rd edition, but the first of the atlas containing this print - this edition contains many plates and material not published earlier.]
Jean Baptiste LeChevalier (July 1, 1752, in Trelly, Manche department to July 2, 1836, in Paris, Saint-Étienne-du-Mont) was a French scholar, astronomer, and archaeologist.
LeChevalier studied in Paris and taught from 1772 to 1778 at several colleges. He was appointed by the French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire Choiseul-Gouffier to undertake archaeological research in the region.
He visited Italy and the northwest coast of Anatolia, where he devoted his studies particularly to the identification of Troy. Le Chevalier's survey of the Troad marks the beginning of modern archaeological exploration in that area, despite the fact that his theory as to the location of Troy proved to be incorrect. Le Chevalier worked with Choiseul Gouffier and Louis Francois Cassas.
After the outbreak of the French revolution he returned to France. In 1790, he traveled to London, toured Europe in the following years, and returned only in 1795 to France. From 1806 he was employed as the first curator of the Sainte-Geneviève Library in Paris.

Reference: Atabey 698; Blackmer 994; cf. Koç 174 ( 1st ed.); Weber 608.

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