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Remarks on several parts of Europe : relating chiefly to their antiquities and history : Collected upon the spot in several tours since the year 1723; and illustrated by upwards of forty copper plates, from original drawings; among which are the ruins of several temples, theatres, amphitheatres, triumphal arches, and other unpublish'd monuments of the Greek and Roman times, in Sicily, and the south of France (v.1 - 2)

Archive Print Item: BC Trv q/BRE

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Type of record: Book

Title: Remarks on several parts of Europe : relating chiefly to their antiquities and history : Collected upon the spot in several tours since the year 1723; and illustrated by upwards of forty copper plates, from original drawings; among which are the ruins of several temples, theatres, amphitheatres, triumphal arches, and other unpublish'd monuments of the Greek and Roman times, in Sicily, and the south of France (v.1 - 2)

Level: Item

Classmark: BC Trv q/BRE

Creator(s): Breval, John (1680?-1738)

Publisher: Printed for H. Lintot

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1738

Language: English

Size and medium: 2 v

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/281316

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991001341559705181

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Head and tail pieces; initials.


Preceded by the author's Remarks on several parts of Europe: relating chiefly to the history... London, 1726.

Additional description

A different work from his 'Remarks on several parts of Europe', 2 vols., 1726, of which only vol.2 is in the Brotherton Collection. With some MS. marginalia and underscoring of text in vol.1. Vol.1 wants last leaf, Iiii2 (presumably blank). Vol.2 wants Pi1 (presumably blank - discarded by binder?). Plate to face p.262 of vol.2 misbound facing p.162. Vol.1 wormholed at foot up to p.83, affecting some plates

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