Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive and Historical

London: John Murray, 1871. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 21 steel engraved plates including frontis, vignette second title, and 5 maps and plans, and 14 other illustrtions. The volume also contains hundreds of smaller woodvut illustrationsplus hundreds of smaller woodcut illustrations, xxiv, 452p. Old (contemporary?) leather. Gilt borders on front and back covers; gilt title and extensive gilt decoration on backstrip. 25 cm. Binding still sound but binding splitting along rear joint and visibly rubbed with some spliitting at ends on front joint. Marbled endpapers are sound and intact. No foxing or toning. Armorial bookplate (George Willis Pack) above a separate name plate (Mary Pack Mc. Nairy). The author, nephew of Wordsworth the poet, became Bishop of Lincoln. He was a good classical scholar and also wrote several theological works. He visited Greece in 1832-1833 and was apparently the first British citizen received by King Otto (Othon). Wordsworth combined his archeological investigations with an interest in the political and social situation in modern Greece. This book is a sort of travel guide to Athens and various other locations in Greece. (Inventory #: 95290)