
GREECE AND THE LEVANT, A PRIVATE LIBRARY, LOTS 157-213
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November 12, 04:34 PM GMT
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6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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GREECE AND THE LEVANT, A PRIVATE LIBRARY, LOTS 157-213
DODWELL, EDWARD
Views in Greece. London: Rodwell and Martin, 1821
FIRST EDITION, folio (515 x 342mm.), plain aquatint vignette on title, 30 HAND-COLOURED AQUATINT PLATES MOUNTED ON CARD, each with accompanying leaf of text in English and French, contemporary diced russia by Hering, some offsetting, upper cover stained, minor wear to extremities, rebacked
ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS COLOUR-PLATE BOOKS ON GREECE.
LITERATURE:
Abbey, Travel 130; Atabey 357; Blackmer 493