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[Greg, William Rathbone]
Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
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Description
- Sketches in Greece and Turkey: with the present condition and future prospects of the Turkish Empire. London: James Ridgway, 1833
first edition, 8vo (218 x 130mm.), contemporary calf, binding rebacked retaining original gilt spine
Literature
Blackmer 747; Droulia 2057; Weber I, 213; Atabey 524
Catalogue Note
The author visited Greece in 1832, the year of King Otho's accession. His Sketches provide an account of the Greek War of Independence, Ali Pasha, Alexander Mavrogordato, and other important figures of the time. Two chapters are devoted to 'the character of modern Greeks' and 'the present condition and future prospects of the Turkish Empire'. There are also descriptions of Scutari, Constantinople, Corinth and Attica.