CAROLUS MULLER: MINERVAE POLIADIS SACRA ET AEDEM IN ARGE ATHENARUM.GOTTINGAE 1820 First edtion, in 4to, unbound as issued, text clean and bright with occasionally some light spotting in few pages, complete 56p. and three engraved plates, manuscript ownership inscription on title of William Saint Clair, leading Hellenist, overall in very good condition with fine provenance Muller (1797-1840) was one of the most brilliant Hellenists of its time. The book focused in one single legendary building, the Erechteion, the temple of Athina Polias. Muller did not just care only for the columns,he wanted to understand why Greeks built that very specific temple on the concrete spot. He analyzed the full story to explain the layout of the temple. He focused on Athina, the guardian of Athens. A very early comprehensive study on an Athens building. The first to combine archaeology, local mythology and art history in a single story. It was a revolutionary approach for that time. Muller visited Greece several times after independence to study the ruins he had written about, but he had the tragic fate,while working in the heat during summer 1840 in Delphi, to suffered a sunstroke and passed away there. He is buried in Athens,his beloved city. Rare