Pashley, Robert.

Estimate

800 - 1,200 GBP

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Description

Travels in Crete. London: John Murray, 1837

first edition, 2 volumes, 8vo (216 x 132mm.), half-titles, 10 lithographed plates, one folding plate of inscriptions, one folding map, wood-engraved illustrations, ?later red/black cloth, occasional very slight spotting, head of one spine very slightly chipped and with short split to upper joint

Provenance

"The Ottoman World: the library of Sefik E. Atabey with a supplement", sale in these rooms, 28-30 May 2002, lot 1536 (not part of Sefik Atabey's collection, but one of the supplementary books acquired by the collector who had purchased Atabey's library in its entirety)

Literature

Blackmer 1263; Contominas 530; Weber I, 258

Catalogue Note

Pashley spent much of 1834 in Crete, accompanied by Antonio Schranz, visiting almost every village, monastery and ancient site.