[Greece] Rottiers, B.E.A. (Descriptions des Monumens de Rhodes)

(Brussels, Colinez, 1828). Atlas vol. only. Containing 75 lithographic plates, incl. map, most by H. Delpierre, J. van Genk after Witdoeck, 8 handcol. Modern green half morocco w. gilt spine. Oblong folio. Without title and table of contents.

Map browned and w. sm. tear expertly repaired on verso, occas. foxing. Overall a fine copy. Bernard Rottiers (1771-1857) was a Flemish army official. In 1824 Rottiers acquired funding from the Ministery of Interior of his country to organize a two-year expedition in Greece in order to collect antiquities for the National Museum of Leiden. The project could not be realized due to the ongoing Greek Revolution and thus Rottiers changed destination and stayed in Rhodes for six months. He worked on an edition which describes and depicts the medieval monuments of the islands, and devoted little effort to the collection of antiquities. To date, the present edition remains an invaluable source for the study of Rhodes medieval monuments.