Emerson, James.

Estimate

500 - 700 GBP

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Description

Letters from the Aegean. London: Henry Colburn, 1829

first edition, 2 volumes, 8vo (187 x 109mm.), aquatint frontispiece, folding engraved map, illustrations, nineteenth-century half morocco, spines gilt, gilt edges, map offset and slightly torn (no loss), frontispiece offset, lacking half-title in vol.1 and advertsiement leaf at end of vol.2, binding slightly worn

Provenance

Richard Davison, old stamp and presentation inscription dated [18]83; Guy Evans, book label

Literature

Blackmer 550; Droulia 1749-50; Weber I, 172; Atabey 397

Catalogue Note

The information in the letters was collected at various periods and during several excursions. It was omitted from A Picture of Greece in 1825 (see lot 61) because it was not of a political nature. Weber lists in detail the places described.