Greece--Raikes, Henry

Manuscript notebook chiefly in English, partly in French, Italian and Greek, giving details of parts of Greece and the Greek Islands visited, with notes on historical personages associated with them and extracts from Homer, and with various pen and ink maps and small sketches, compiled by Henry Raikes in 1805, c.120 pages, 4to (205 x 155mm.), contemporary vellum satchel binding with flap and ties, binding rubbed and with some wear, two pages loosely inserted

George Cosmatos, sale in these rooms, 12 May 2005, lot 104

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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Raikes was a clergyman who spent a year in 1805-06 travelling abroad, mainly in Greece, meeting William Martin Leake, Edward Dodwell and William Gell, who mentions him by name in The Geography and Antiquities of Ithaca (1807, p.15). The notebook seems to be partly preparatory notes before departing for Greece, but also sketches made on the spot, observations of topography, and other details, including daytime temperatures in Athens and elsewhere.