Ionian Antiquities, Published By Order Of The Society Of Dilettanti.

Vol. I: [vi], iv, 60 p., 6, 12, 10, 5 pl.: illus. - Vol. II: [ii], 44 p., 59 (1 dble.), 4 pl.: illus. - Vol. III: [6], 74, 74-[75], [1], 76-93, [1] p., 33, 27, 14 pl.: illus. - Vol. IV: vi, 58 p. [i.e. 60 p., there being one unnumbered leaf between pp.30 and 31], 30 pl.: 18 illus. - Vol. V: xii, 36 p., frontis., 45 pl.: illus.

The five volumes carry publication-dates of 1769 [with one pl. dated '1784'], 1798, 1840, 1881 [with all pl. dated '1880'] and 1915. The titles of Volumes II-V read: Vol. II: 'Antiquities Of Ionia, Published By The Society Of Dilettanti. Part The Second. London: Printed By W. Bulmer And Co. For George Nicol, Bookseller To His Majesty, Pall-Mall. MDCCXCVII.' Vol. III: 'Antiquities Of Ionia, Published By The Society Of Dilettanti. Part The Third. London: Printed By W. Nicol, 60, Pall-Mall. Sold By Payne and Foss, Pall Mall; Longman And Co., Paternoster Row; Murray, Albemarle Street; Rodwell, Bond Street; And Weale, Holborn. MDCCCXL.' Vol. IV: 'Antiquities Of Ionia. Published By The Society Of Dilettanti. Part The Fourth. London: Macmillan And Co., 29 And 30, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 1881.' Vol. V: 'Antiquities Of Ionia Published By The Society Of Dilettanti Part The Fifth Being A Supplement To Part III Macmillan And Co., Limited St. Martin's Street, London 1915'. NB: The Royal Academy Library holds a complete copy of volumes I, II, and IV and an imperfect copy only of volume III. The first volume describes 1. the temple of Bacchus at Teos; 2. the temple of Minerva Polias at Priene; 3. the temple of Apollo Didymæus; 4. the temple at Iackly, near Mylasa. (The tailpiece of Chapter 4 is a map of part of Asia Minor.) The address 'To The Reader' states that the Society of Dilettanti sent to Ionia Mr Chandler, Mr Revett and Mr Pars, who spent from September 1764 to August 1765 making excursions from Smyrna, and from August 1765 to August 1766 in mainland Greece. The second volume describes: 5. (Greece) ruin near Aegina, temple of Jupiter Panhellenius, temple of Minerva at Sunium, temple of Jupiter Nemæus near Argos, temple of Ceres at Eleusis; 6. (Ionia) theatre at Stratonicea, gymnasium at Ephesus, fragments of a temple, theatre at Miletus, stadium at Laodicea, plan of theatre at Laodicea, gymnasium at Troas, theatres at Jassus, Patara, Castell Rosso, Telmessus. The fourth volume consists of 'Introduction. Origin of the Grecian Orders of Architecture'; 'History of Priene'; 'Teos'; 'The Sminthium'; 'Appendix'. The plates show views, plans, elevations and architectural details of: 1-21. the temple of Athene Polias and other structures at Priene; 22-25. Teos; 26-30. the Sminthium. In-text illustrations show views, plans and details of various monuments.