Narrative of a Journey in The Morea.

  • Gell, William
  • London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1823

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Description

FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp. ix, [i], 411, [1] + frontispiece and 8 plates. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, edges sprinkled red. A little toned and spotted. Sometime rebacked to style, spine divided by raised bands, red morocco label, old leather a little rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Edmund Hammond and modern bookplate of John and Judith Warren to pastedown, older inscription rubbed from corner of title-page.

Notes

The first edition of archaeologist and topographer Gell's record of his travels on the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece, illustrated with lithographs taken from his own sketches and printed by C. Hullmandel.

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