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CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH - GRECE PITTORESQUE ET HISTORIQUE

First edition. L. Curmer, Paris, 1841. 372 pp., 29 x 19.5 cm.
26 full-page and 366 in-text engravings, 2 full-page maps. In luxurious contemporary full leather binding with gilt-decorated and lettered spine, gilt-framed covers, and marbled page edges; in very good condition.

ALTHOUGH LARGELY DEVOTED TO ANCIENT GREECE, THIS TRAVELOGUE ALSO OFFERS BOTH VISUAL AND TEXTUAL ACCOUNTS OF 19TH-CENTURY GREECE SHORTLY AFTER ITS SEPARATION FROM OTTOMAN RULE, MAKING IT A WORK THAT RIGHTFULLY BELONGS IN AN OTTOMAN LIBRARY AS WELL...

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