Turkey, Greece and Malta, London, 1837, 2 vols, half calf

Lot 177
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Lot 177 | Turkey, Greece and Malta, London, 1837, 2 vols, half calf
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Turkey, Greece and Malta. London: Saunders and Otley, 1837

FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (212 x 135mm.), hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece in each volume, lacking half-titles, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, marbled edges, some light foxing in volume 1, extremities rubbed

Slade, also called Mushaver Pasha, was a naval officer in the Turkish service and an author. "In January 1834 Slade was appointed additional lieutenant of the Caledonia, flagship of Sir Josias Rowley. During the next three years he was employed on several missions to Greece and Constantinople." (ONDB)
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