- 61
Emerson [later Tennent], James and Count Giuseppe Pecchio, and W.H. Humphreys.
Estimate
400 - 500 GBP
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Description
- A Picture of Greece in 1825; as exhibited in the personal narratives of James Emerson [&c.]... comprising a detailed account of the events of the late campaign, and sketches of the principal military, naval, and political chiefs. London: Henry Colburn, 1826
first edition, 2 volumes, 12mo (190 x 112mm.), engraved portrait frontispiece of Miaoulis in volume 1, contemporary half calf, lacking half-title in vol.1, bindings worn and repaired
Provenance
United Service Club, bookplate; Guy Evans, book label
Literature
Blackmer 548; Contominas 236; Droulia 1138-39; Atabey 396 (French edition, without Humphreys' narrative)
Catalogue Note
"[an] important philhellenic collection" (Blackmer). Emerson adopted the surname Tennent in 1832.