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Select Views in Greece

£1,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

A beautifully bound example. Williams, a Scottish landscape painter, returned from an extended tour in Greece and Italy in 1818. The work contains a fine series of engravings of the main historical sites and beautiful landscapes of Greece. First edition; 2 vols in 1, 4to (31 x 25 cm); 64 engraved plates after Williams, each with leaf of descriptive letterpress; contemporary full red morocco, broad gilt dentelles to boards, spine gilt in six compartments, all edges gilt, touch of rubbing else a fine copy.

  • Binding: Hardcover

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