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GIFFARD, Edward.

A short visit to the Ionian Islands, Athens, and the Morea.

Stock Code
106122
London, John Murray, 1837
£675

Giffard's journey took place from January to March 1836. The lithographs are after drawings by F.W. Newton, one of the author's travelling companions, and include the Temple of Apollo at Bassae, the newly re-erected temple of Nike Apteros on the Acropolis, as well as views of Corfu, Corinth and Mistra.

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Description

First edition. 8vo, vi, [ii], 399 pp., lithographed frontispiece, engraved vignette to title, map, 5 lithograph plates, original patterned green cloth gilt, neat repairs to extremities, a very good copy.

Bibliography

Blackmer 683; Legrand and Pernot 1291 (for 1838 Paris edition only).

Stock ID:106122

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