Journal of a Visit to Egypt, Constantinople, the Crimea, Greece, etc. in the Suite of the Prince and Princess of Wales.

£450 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Mrs. Grey accompanied the Prince and Princess of Wales on their Eastern tour in 1862. A privately printed version was issued in just three copies. Scarce in commerce, with just two examples of the public edition located in auction records over the last fifty years: Sotheby’s, 1978 (GBP 75, inscribed by Queen Victoria to her daughter) and Sotheby’s, 2002 (GBP 597, the Atabey copy).

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