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877 - Europe - Greece - Gell, William. *Narrative of a Journey in the Morea*. With 9 lithographed plates and 14 woodcuts. London, Longman et al., 1823. IX, 411 pp. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Contemporary marbled leather binding with spine label and gilt lettering, gold-embossed cover borders, and marbled endpapers (slightly rubbed and bumped).
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Europe - Greece - Gell, William. *Narrative of a Journey in the Morea*. With 9 lithographed plates and 14 woodcuts. London, Longman et al., 1823. IX, 411 pp. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Contemporary marbled leather binding with spine label and gilt lettering, gold-embossed cover borders, and marbled endpapers (slightly rubbed and bumped). First edition. - Blackmer 665 - Droulia 434. “These travels were actually undertaken in 1805–6, but Gell decided to publish them in 1823 in order to combat the growing philhellenic sentimentality about Greece and the Greeks. He wanted to show what Greece was really like before the revolution.” (Blackmer). With views of Megaspelia, Navarino, Arcadia, Maina, Mistra, Orchomenos, Corinth, etc. - Exlibris, slight foxing, almost continuous crease marks in the upper outer corner, plates closely trimmed at the bottom, white endpaper at the back with pen samples. Beautifully bound. *
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