ROTTIERS (colonel Bernard Eugène Antoine). Lot n° 11

Monuments of Rhodes. Dedicated to S. M. Le Roi. Bruxelles, chez Mme Vve Colinez, 1828. In-4 oblong, [1] f. title, [1] f. table and 75 plates, all engraved on Chine appliqué. Black half-basane with corners, smooth spine decorated, gilt title (period binding). Binding worn, rubbed and spotted, inside spine split, tears, foxing and marginal spotting, plate 44 replaced by a loose lithograph. Several sections and plates loose. First edition comprising 75 lithographs by H. Delpierre after drawings by P.J. Witdoeck, including 9 enhanced in color: map of the island of Rhodes, views of the port, fortifications, buildings, some in ruins, details of frescoes in color, etc. Colonel Rottiers (1771-1857) carried out several archaeological missions in Greece, in close collaboration with the Dutch government. The antiquities he brought back enriched the collections of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden.