8vo. [3], 173 pp., [2], contemporary cloth backed boards, ex-libris stamp of Albert Breittmayer on title page, scattered foxing, boards rubbed, Imprimerie de Léon Boitel, Lyon, first edition, 1846.

Synopsis

First and only edition of this work. Brunet states that only 200 copies were printed. He is the cousin of the painter Paul Chenavard (1807-1895), and was a student of Durand and Barthélémy Vignon at the École des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. He was admitted to the National School of Fine Arts in Paris in 1809. He was one of the founding members of the Société académique d’architecture de Lyon. He served as chief architect of the Rhône department in 1818-1850, and taught at the School of Fine Arts of Our Lady in Lyon from 1823 to 1861. He made several trips to Italy and Greece between 1843 and 1844 and was named correspondent of the Institute in 1855.
NOT INCLUDED HERE: A folio work of plates was published separately with 1 map and 79 plates. Chenavard had intended to produce the plates in parts of 40 livraisons with 4 plates in each, which would resulted in 160 plates. Half the numbers actually appeared, after drawings by both Chenavard and Rey. “The ‘Voyage en Grèce’ 1858, is sometimes referred to as the ‘atlas’ to the second edition of the ‘Relation’ which appeared in 1849 under a similar title. It is in fact an independent publication which contains a summary account of the journey made by Chenavard, Rey and Dalgabio in 1843-44, and is of great importance for the many views it contains of Athens (27), Delphi and Ithaca. A few plates of Egypt were also included.
Bibliographic references: Blackmer 334; Atabey 229.