The Ruins of Balbec, otherwise Heliopolis in Cœlosyria, MDCCLVII [1757]
- Title(s):
- The Ruins of Balbec, otherwise Heliopolis in Cœlosyria.
- Published/Created:
- London : [s.n.], MDCCLVII [1757]
- Physical Description:
- 28 p., XLVI leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plans ; 55 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A N 16 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A N 162 Copy 2[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/582957
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- CLAS JJab47 757W: 59 cm.
British Art Center has 2 copies. Copy 1 has the bookplates of Richard Blackett Beaumont and of the Albermarle/Keppel families. Copy 2 has the signature of Sir Joshua Reynolds, and the signature and bookplate of John Lee.
Plates engraved by Pierre Fourdrinier and Thomas Major; after Giovanni Battista Borra.
Text signed: Robert Wood.
Also issued in the same year with text in French.
Includes bibliographical references. - Subject Terms:
- Architecture -- Lebanon -- Baʻlabakk.Architecture, Roman -- Lebanon -- Baʻlabakk.Baʻlabakk (Lebanon) -- Antiquities.Beaumont, Richard Blackett, 1926– -- Bookplate.Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Lebanon -- Baʻlabakk.Eden Hall -- Bookplate.Engraving -- Specimens -- 1757.Lee, John, 1783–1866 -- Autograph.Lee, John, 1783–1866 -- Bookplate.Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 -- Autograph.
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