Viaggio nella Grecia. Rome, 1820, 2 volumes

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Los 165 | Viaggio nella Grecia. Rome, 1820, 2 volumes
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
Viaggio nella Grecia. Rome: Vincenzo Poggioli, 1820

FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (225 x 140mm.), folding engraved map, coasts hand-coloured in outline, 89 engraved plates including folding panoramic views of Athens (see note), contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, later inventory labels on spines

VERY RARE. “The artist Simone Pomardi accompanied Dodwell on his travels in Greece in 1805–06 and made many of the drawings which Dodwell used in his illustrated works” (Contominas).

Collations for the book vary. Contominas calls for a folding map and 87 engraved plates; other copies have been recorded with a folding map, folding plan of Athens, and 90 plates.
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