Collart’s Scarce History of Philippi

Collart, Paul. PHILIPPES VILLE DE MACÉDOINE DEPUIS SES ORIGINES JUSQU’À LA FIN DE L’ÉPOQUE ROMAINE. Paris: E. de Boccard, 1937. 8vo, later black cloth-backed decorative boards; hand-lettered spine labels; original printed accompanying plate folder. xi, (1) 558, (2), xvi pages; 88 fine plates, some folding, some depicting coins. Inscribed by the author; previous owner’s ink stamp on title and plates. Text unopened. Near fine. Rarely encountered. Collart’s book was well-received, with Ronald Syme’s effusive review in the Classical Review for 1938 stating: “The book is beyond praise. Not only is it lucidly and elegantly written, as one would expect of its talented author: it is fully documented, in every sense, for there is a companion volume in the shape of a stout folder containing plans and photographs. The study of Philippi is thus illuminated in every way—epigraphy, sculpture and religion and well as topography. A brief review cannot do justice.”