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Lot 24
  • 24

Cook, Henry.

Estimate
2,500 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Recollections of a Tour in the Ionian Islands. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1853, 6 lithographed plates (only) from this work, folio (approx. 475 x 645mm., one vice-versa), one hand-coloured, the others tinted, loose, occasional short tears in margins

Literature

Weber I, 1156; not in Abbey, Atabey, Blackmer or Contominas

Catalogue Note

This collection of plates from this very rare work comprises: Mount Olympus and Scutari; Sketch in the Smaller Burying Ground; The Golden Horn; Tophaune, the Landing Place; The Aga's House, Albania; The Robber's Castle, Albania. Apart from the copy with 21 of the 30 plates sold in these rooms 13 November 2008, lot 9, this work is not recorded at auction on ABPC in over 30 years.