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Chandler, Richard.
Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description
- Travels in Asia Minor: or an account of a tour made at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press... sold by J. Dodsley, J. Robson, [&c.], 1775
first edition, 4to (262 x 200mm.), folding engraved map, errata leaf, contemporary calf, binding somewhat worn, rebacked (retaining old label) and recornered
Provenance
W[illia]m Ward, 1778, pencil signature on title; Mary Robinson, Hendon, book label
Literature
Blackmer 318; Contominas 139; Weber II, 552; Atabey 215
Catalogue Note
About 500 copies of this work were printed. Chandler was commissioned by the Society of Dilettanti to explore Asia Minor during 1764-66, accompanied by Nicholas Revett and William Pars. This work is based on his journals of that expedition. Two other works connected with these travels appeared: Ionian Antiquities, 1769-1797 (see lot 184) and Travels in Greece, 1776 (see lot 29).