Lot 17
  • 17

Blaquière, Edward.

Estimate
1,800 - 2,400 GBP
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Description

  • Narrative of a Second Visit to Greece, including facts connected with the last days of Lord Byron. London: Geo. B. Whittaker, 1825, first edition, half-title, lithographed frontispiece of Athens from a drawing by J.D. Harding, folding facsimile letter in Greek, pencil annotations throughout, modern blue half calf gilt, annotations cropped
Ibid. Letters from Greece: with remarks on the Treaty of Intervention. London: James Ilbery, 1828, first edition, 2 parts, contemporary tree calf gilt



Together 2 volumes, 8vo

Provenance

Sefik E. Atabey, book label

Literature

Blackmer 150, – ; Droulia 822, 1547; Atabey 117, 118

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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Catalogue Note

Blaquière, a sea captain by profession, first met Byron in Genoa in 1823 and was converted by him to philhellenism.