Marmora, Andrea

First edition, 4to (204 x 144mm.), additional engraved title, full-page engraved portrait of the author by Bosio after Lafeve on b4 recto, 3 double-page engraved maps and plans and 5 full-page numismatic illustrations in the text, some early annotations in ink, nineteenth-century cloth-backed marbled boards, [Atabey 774; Blackmer 1082; Legrand & Pernot 203], Y2 misbound after Z2, repairs (some crude) to small tears and worm tracts throughout (affecting some letters and engravings), some damp-staining, rebacked and recased, new endpapers

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First edition of the standard history of Corfu, with a presentation inscription dated 1908 from the mayor of Corfu to J. Claine, the French consul-general to Corfu. The author, Andrea Marmora, came from an old Corfiote family, and a particularly interesting feature of this book is the comprehensive listing of all the prominent Greek families living in Corfu since the island became a Venetian possession in 1216. The maps and plans include a general map, a plan of the fortress of Corfu and a plan of Cherssopolis.