Lot 36
![[ ? Whitcombe, W. G.]](https://media.app.artisio.co/media/104cbde6-0d38-43cb-9e0f-bb721ef57bcf/inventory/892939cf-6192-4b45-a635-76289dfdf716/ace3dc6c-52af-4e29-9cf4-6ee1f0a35816/0001_XiYjGU_original.jpg)
[ ? Whitcombe, W. G.]
Sketches of Modern Greece, illustrative of

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT
£2,000
Description
the leading Events of the Revolution. By a Young English Volunteer in the Greek Service. London: Hurst, Chance & Co., 1828. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary blind-stamped and gilt maroon morocco
Footnote
Note: "The author of this book can be shown, by internal and other evidence, to be W.G. Whitcombe who attempted to assassinate Trelawny in the cave in Panama in 1825." [William St. Clair, note on endpaper]
Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair
