A Classical and topographical tour

£3,000 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Dodwell made two journeys to Greece, one in company with Sir William Gell touring the Ionian Islands and the Troad. Later with the Italian Simone Pomardi, while a prisoner of the French, he toured mainland Greece and revisited the Ionian Islands. In this work he describes both ancient Greece and its present circumstances. First edition. 2 volumes, 4to, folding engraved map and 66 engraved plates (2 hand-coloured, 6 double-page), illustrations in text, uncut in original grey boards, original paper labels, neat extensive restoration to spines, a very good set. Atabey 356; Blackmer 492; Brunet II, 788; Weber 62.

• Binding: Hardcover

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.