Dodwell | A Classical and Topographical Tour through Greece, 1819, 2 volumes

GREECE AND THE LEVANT, A PRIVATE LIBRARY, LOTS 157-213

DODWELL, EDWARD

A Classical and Topographical Tour through Greece, during the years 1801, 1805, and 1806. London: Rodwell and Martin, 1819

FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 4to (268 x 204mm.), folding engraved map and 65 engraved plates (of 66; some double-page or folding, 2 hand-coloured), illustrations in the text, 2 errata leaves and 2 advertisement leaves at end of volume 1, contemporary specked

calf, spotting, lacking one plate, rebacked retaining original spines, corners repaired

Dodwell undertook two Grecian tours. The first with Sir William Gell in 1801 to the Ionian Islands and the Troad, the second in 1805-1806 during which he bribed the Turkish authorities to gain access to the Acropolis, and suffered as a prisoner of war at the hands of the French, but was permitted to explore mainland Greece and to revisit the Ionian Islands.

LITERATURE:

Atabey 356; Blackmer 492; Weber I, 62

PROVENANCE:

Earl of Rosebery, armorial bookplate