Edward Dodwell | Views and descriptions of Cyclopian... remains in Greece and Italy. London, 1834, first edition

Property from the Loverdos Collection

Edward Dodwell

Views and descriptions of Cyclopian or Pelasgic remains in Greece and Italy. London: Adolphus Richter and Co., 1834

FIRST EDITION, large folio (481 x 335mm.), 131 lithographed plates after Dodwell and others (plate 2 in 2 plates, plate 12 in 2 plates, plate 25 in 3 plates), later red buckram-backed marbled boards, earlier morocco label to spine, a few minor closed tears, some spotting and toning, extremities rubbed

"Published posthumously. These very interesting plates include little-known sites, e.g. Salona (Amphissa), Orchomenos, Gortys, and Aliartos" (Blackmer).

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Blackmer 494