SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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DODWELL, Edward.
A Classical and Topographical Tour through Greece, during the Years 1801, 1805, and 1806.

Published
London: Rodwell and Martin, 1819.
References
Not in Abbey or Tooley; Atabey 356; Weber 62; Blackmer 492; Bobins 135.
Plates
2
Binding/Size
M=4to
Value
0-5000
Published
London: Rodwell and Martin, 1819.
Ref
5299

FIRST EDITION. 2 vols, quarto, folding map, and 66 engraved plates, of which six are double-page, and only two are coloured. Contemporary morocco gilt ruled borders to boards, spine in gilt compartments, lettered in gilt and with marbled edges and endpapers. Dowel made two trips to Greece, in 1801 to the Troad and Ionian Islands with William Gell, and then more extensively in 1805-06 when on parole as a French prisoner in company with the artist Simone Pomardi. Coloured plates in order: Volume 1. No coloured plates. Volume 2. 1-2. From Metres near Corinth. (dishes and funeral vase)