LEON HEUZEY-H.DAUMET:MISSION ARCHEOLOGIQUE DE MACEDOINE. PARIS 1876 First and only edition. ROYAL FOLIO for the text volume, ROYAL FOLIO also for the Atlas volume, imposing and complete in two volumes, text: [13],468p., [2] and 15 illustrations in the text, atlas: 42 lithographed plates (including 8 mostly chromolithographed maps), contemporary fine leather over boards, text and plates clean, crispy and bright, overall in almost fine condition, a very nice set, possibly author s own copy. The most complete and rarest account ever published for Macedonia before the incorporation of the area in Greece. The scientific mission started in 1861 and took years of exploration. Heuzey toured extensively all around Macedonia to locate ancient sites and cities. It is the very first archaeological mission in Macedonian soil and remain one of the most important archaeological work of the 19th century, particularly for its early documentation of the area, many of these early finds would later reveal important tombs of the Macedonian Kings, as in Vergina. Heuzey was the very first to uncover the site and correctly identified it as a major center.Exquisite maps, plans and lithographic plates of the findings.Daumet, as an architect, provided restoration drawings showing that the ruined palaces and temples would have looked at their prime. This highly scientific work had been published with French state sponsor in very limited print run. A monumental work for Macedonia of the utmost rarity.