Estourmel, Joseph, comte d'.

first edition, large 8vo (258 x 170mm.), wide margins, half-titles, 160 lithographed plates, numbered 1-160, including 2 folding plans, errata leaf at end of volume 2, original boards printed in gilt and blue, some plates spotted or discoloured, bindings somewhat worn, repair to one spine

Blackmer 557; Hilmy I, p.183; Weber I, 356; Atabey 408

A work profusely illustrated with lithographs after drawings by the author. Estourmel travelled in Greece, the Levant and Egypt from June 1832 to September 1833 during which time he met many other European travellers, such as Michaud, Fauvel, Geramb and Hay. Among the places visited were Corfu, Ioannina, Missolonghi, Patras, Corinth, Piraeus, Athens, Rhodes, Smyrna, Chios, Malta and other places in the east.