Lot 231
  • 231

Leake, William Martin

Estimate
800 - 1,400 GBP
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Description

  • Travels in the Morea. London: John Murray, 1830
  • Paper
FIRST EDITION, 3 volumes, 8vo (215 x 126mm.), half-titles, folding engraved map of Greece, 16 engraved regional maps and plans, many folding, 12 lithographed plates of inscriptions, a few folding, contemporary half calf by J. Leighton, spines gilt, title vol.1 slightly soiled, bindings a little rubbed

Literature

Atabey 691; Blackmer 974 (lacking some maps and plans); Contominas 389; Droulia 1884-6; Weber I, 189

Condition

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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Catalogue Note

An account of two tours, one from February to May 1805 and the other February to May 1806, published, as with many of his works, some considerable time after the events described. Nonetheless it is full of interesting detail (often very specific, such as giving the time of day), with particular attention paid to Mycenae and Tiryns.