Athens and Attica: Journal of a Residence There.

£500 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

The inscription to the ffep reads: “The Marquis of Abercorn Governor of Harrow School with the Author’s respects.” An interesting and detailed description of the Attic plain, and the first work of travel by Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885), nephew of the poet, who earned a reputation for his classical studies and translations and his deciphering of graffiti and inscriptions. He is credited with discovering the oracle of Zenus at Dodona.

• Year: 1837

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