M.FOUCART:MEMOIRE SUR LES RUINES ET L HISTOIRE DE DELPHES. PARIS 1865 First edition, in 8vo, contemporary leather over boards slightly rubbed, preserving original publishers paper covers, complete 230p. and two lithographed plates, text clean with light scattered spotting in few pages,ex libris ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΥ ΚΡΕΜΟΥ (professor of history in Athens University during that time) on title, overall in very good condition and with fine provenance. In the 1850s Delphi was still completely under the houses of the village of Kastri.Foucart, one of the early members of the French School of Athens has been sent, in 1856-1857, to conduct a preliminary survey of the place. This scientific publication is the first systematic attempt to reconcile the ancient texts with the visible ruins poking through the dirt of the village. He spent immense effort transcribing inscriptions and documented the site.With this monumental work proved that the site of Kastri was, beyond a doubt, the ancient Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi. A cornerstone publication for the Greek archaeology. It has been published by the official French Imprimerie Imperiale, as an excellent scientific study. Kremos (1839-1926), a leading Greek scholar of the 19th century, was originated from the adjacent village of Stiri in Viotia and was Professor of History in the University of Athens in the 1870s. Very rare