Lot 160
Greece
Collection of travel narratives, 19th century
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Carnarvon, Henry George Herbert, Earl of. Reminiscences of Athens and the Morea. Extracts from a Journal of Travels in Greece in 1839. London: John Murray, 1869. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth, folding map frontispiece, ink-stamp including monogram 'BO', ducal coronet and Order of the Garter motto to title-page, advertisement leaf to rear;
Tozer, Henry Fanshawe. The Islands of the Aegean. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1890. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth, folding map frontispiece, cloth marked, spotting to outer leaves, edges and margins, ownership inscriptions and mounted typescript label to front free endpaper and half-title;
Fergusson, James. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Restored in Conformity with the Recently Discovered Remains. London: John Murray, 1862. First edition, 4to, original cloth, tinted lithographic frontispiece, 3 lithographic plates, inscribed 'Presented by the author, received 1873, John H. Small [?]', ink-stamps and plate of the Edinburgh Architectural Association;
Cockerell, Samuel Pepys (editor). Travels in Southern Europe and the Levant, 1810-1817. The Journal of C. R. Cokerell, R.A. Edited by his son. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, frontispiece, inscribed 'With best love[?] from the editor, S. Pepys Cockerell' on the initial blank;
Young, James Foster. Five Weeks in Greece. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1876. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, inscribed 'Florence Carrick Moore, from her affection cousin the author, J. F. Y. ... 1876' on the half-title;
and 12 others similar, all in original cloth, a few works early-20th century
(19)
Footnote
THE LIBRARY OF DR ANDREW G. FRASER MD FSA SCOT (1937-2020)
Reminiscences of Athens and the Morea is notably uncommon, with only a handful of copies traced in auction records.