- 61
Greece.
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- A fine collection of 41 volumes on Greece, in English, including:
Wheler, George. A Journey into Greece. London, 1682, folio, engraved folding map and 5 plates (one with 3 subjects), contemporary calf, slightly wormed at beginning affecting map and some text, spine slightly worn
Chandler, Richard. Travels in Greece. Oxford, 1776, 4to, 7 engraved maps, 2 folding, contemporary calf, title and last leaf soiled, occasional spotting or offsetting, spine somewhat worn
Hobhouse, J.C. A Journey through Albania... provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople. London, 1813, 2 volumes, 4to, 2 folding engraved maps, 16 (of 17) hand-coloured aquatint plates, 5 engraved plates, contemporary calf, lacking plate at p.292 vol.1 (Athens), maps, plain plates and a few leaves spotted, bindings worn
Holland, Henry. Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, &c. London, 1815, 4to, engraved map, 12 plates, contemporary boards with modern calf spine, occasional spotting, library stamp on title, binding rubbed
Goodisson, William. A Historical and Topographical Essay upon... Corfu, Leucadia, Cephalonia, Ithaca, and Zante. London, 1822, 8vo, 12 lithographed maps and plates, original boards, occasional slight spotting, spine somewhat worn
Stanhope, Leicester. Greece in 1823 and 1824. London, 1824, 8vo, hand-coloured frontispiece, 6 folding or double-page facsimiles, contemporary boards with modern calf spine, somewhat spotted, some library stamps, binding rubbed
Parry, William. The Last Days of Lord Byron. London, 1825, 8vo, half-title, engraved frontispiece and 3 hand-coloured aquatint plates, contemporary half calf, binding somewhat rubbed
Pashley, R. Travels in Crete. Cambridge and London, 1837, 2 volumes, 8vo, half-titles, 10 lithographed plates, folding map, one folding plate of inscriptions, illustrations, original cloth, inscriptions torn (no loss), spines worn
Clark, W.G. Peloponnesus. London, 1858, 8vo, half-title, engraved folding map, 4 plates, adverts, original cloth
Spratt, T.A.B. Travels and Researches in Crete. London, 1865, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 folding engraved maps coloured by hand, 17 plates, mostly lithographed views, illustrations, advertismenet leaf at beginning of volume 1, original cloth gilt
Wyse, Thomas. An Excursion in the Peloponnesus. London, 1865, 2 volumes, 8vo, lithographed double-page map, 24 etched plates, original cloth
Linton, William. The Scenery of Greece. London, no date, 4to, 50 engraved plates, original cloth gilt
all first editions; and 25 others by George Finlay, H.W. Williams, Wordsworth, Pouqueville, Leake, Christian Müller, Wyse, G.N. Wright, S.S. Wilson and others (a full list is available)
Chandler, Richard. Travels in Greece. Oxford, 1776, 4to, 7 engraved maps, 2 folding, contemporary calf, title and last leaf soiled, occasional spotting or offsetting, spine somewhat worn
Hobhouse, J.C. A Journey through Albania... provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople. London, 1813, 2 volumes, 4to, 2 folding engraved maps, 16 (of 17) hand-coloured aquatint plates, 5 engraved plates, contemporary calf, lacking plate at p.292 vol.1 (Athens), maps, plain plates and a few leaves spotted, bindings worn
Holland, Henry. Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, &c. London, 1815, 4to, engraved map, 12 plates, contemporary boards with modern calf spine, occasional spotting, library stamp on title, binding rubbed
Goodisson, William. A Historical and Topographical Essay upon... Corfu, Leucadia, Cephalonia, Ithaca, and Zante. London, 1822, 8vo, 12 lithographed maps and plates, original boards, occasional slight spotting, spine somewhat worn
Stanhope, Leicester. Greece in 1823 and 1824. London, 1824, 8vo, hand-coloured frontispiece, 6 folding or double-page facsimiles, contemporary boards with modern calf spine, somewhat spotted, some library stamps, binding rubbed
Parry, William. The Last Days of Lord Byron. London, 1825, 8vo, half-title, engraved frontispiece and 3 hand-coloured aquatint plates, contemporary half calf, binding somewhat rubbed
Pashley, R. Travels in Crete. Cambridge and London, 1837, 2 volumes, 8vo, half-titles, 10 lithographed plates, folding map, one folding plate of inscriptions, illustrations, original cloth, inscriptions torn (no loss), spines worn
Clark, W.G. Peloponnesus. London, 1858, 8vo, half-title, engraved folding map, 4 plates, adverts, original cloth
Spratt, T.A.B. Travels and Researches in Crete. London, 1865, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 folding engraved maps coloured by hand, 17 plates, mostly lithographed views, illustrations, advertismenet leaf at beginning of volume 1, original cloth gilt
Wyse, Thomas. An Excursion in the Peloponnesus. London, 1865, 2 volumes, 8vo, lithographed double-page map, 24 etched plates, original cloth
Linton, William. The Scenery of Greece. London, no date, 4to, 50 engraved plates, original cloth gilt
all first editions; and 25 others by George Finlay, H.W. Williams, Wordsworth, Pouqueville, Leake, Christian Müller, Wyse, G.N. Wright, S.S. Wilson and others (a full list is available)
Literature
cf. Blackmer 1786, 319, 821, 825, 705, 1598, 1258, 1263, 361, 1590, 1847
cf. Atabey 1328, 216, 584, 589, -, 1174, 926, -, 252, -, -