[Conder, Josiah].

Greece / [in: The Modern Traveller- A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe].

In Two Volumes (Complete Set). London, Printed for James Duncan, 1826. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. Volume I: IV, 375 pages / Volume II: IV, 336 pages. With a fold-out map of Greece and 7 black and white illustrations showing: 1. Mistra / 2. Argos / 3. Corinth / 4. Patras / 5. Eleutherai / 6. Athens / 7. Aegina. Original Hardcover, decorative full leather. Full leather with gilted ornaments to outer margins of interior boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt ornament to spine. Poor condition with signs of external wear. Binding rubbed but firm. Spinelabel and front board detached on Volume I. Minor foxing. [The Modern Traveller- Volume 15-16].

Includes for example the following chapters: Works of Modern Travellers in Greece / History of Ali Pasha of Ioannina / Fall of Tripolitza / Campaign of 1822 / State of Greece at the Beginning of 1825 / The Morea / From Arcadia to Messene / Kardamoula / Sparta / Megalopolis / Argos / Manners and Customs of the Modern Greeks / Methana / Nemea / Olympia / Hellas / Ascent to the Summit of Parnassus / Athens etc.

• Keywords: 19th Century – Rare · Ancient Greece · Athens · Books with vintage Maps · Greece · Greek History · Maps · Olympia · Vintage Map
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 200480AB

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