Die Funde von Olympia : Ausgabe in einem Bande / herausgegeben von dem Direktorium der Ausgrabungen zu Olympia

RA Collection: Book

Record number

13/410

Imprint

Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1882

Physical Description

39 p., 40 leaves of plates (3 fold., some col.): illus., plans; 530 mm.

General Note

This work comprises text and 40 plates based on the public exhibition presenting the results of German excavations at Olympia. Twenty-nine of the plates are reproduced from the five volumes of excavation reports published between 1876 and 1881, 'Die Ausgrabungen zu Olympia, 1875-1881'. The plates consist of lithographs printed by Wilhelm Greve and [C. ?] Hacker and collotypes printed by Römmler & Jonas. The text consists of a foreword, a list of plates and text by Richard Borrmann, Ernst Curtius, Friedrich Adler and Friedrich Graeber.

Binding Note

This portfolio has cream paper-covered boards quarter-bound with wine-coloured cloth lettered on the spine in gold, 'Funder Von Olympia'.

Subject

Olympia (Greece : Ancient sanctuary) - Sculpture, Greek - Architecture, Greek

Contributors

Richard Borrmann, contributor
Ernst Curtius, contributor
Friedrich Adler, contributor
Friedrich Graeber, contributor
Wilhelm Greve, lithographic printer
Ernst Wasmuth Verlag
Römmler & Jonas (Dresden), photographic printer