A Classical and Topographical Tour Through Greece,

During the Years 1801, 1805, and 1806.

by Edward Dodwell 

First edition, two volumes.  London:  Rodwell and Martin, 1819  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Garnet buckram covers are mostly clean, with gilt text on spine.   
• Boards show some smudges, edgewear.  Corners are scuffed.  See photos.  
• Spine has gilt text and is sunned, with bumped ends.
• Library binding is strong.  
• Pastedowns and feps have a gift label inside front cover. 
• Fold-out map has route hand colored in red; small closed tear at interior corner fold.  See photos.
• Illustrations are bright and clear, copper plate engravings have scattered foxing, foxed tissue guards; wood engravings are throughout the text.
• Interior exhibits scattered foxing, some smudges.  
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. 
• Text block edges have deckle fore and foot edges. 
• PS2025.0327

587 + 537 pages. 8.75 x 11 inches

A Very Good copy of this First Edition of this important early 19th century work on Greece.  With 66 engraved plates (6 folding, 2 hand-coloured) mostly after drawings by Simone Pomardi, folding map with route hand-coloured in red, and further wood engravings in the text.  Library binding of garnet buckram with gilt text on spines. 

Edward Dodwell (1767-1832) was an Irish painter, traveller, and writer on archeology.  These volumes offer a vivid account of his travels throughout Greece in the years 1801, 1805, and 1806.  Dodwell's object was to provide an accurate description of Greece, delving into its ancient history while also exploring the state of the country at the beginning of the nineteenth century.  Alongside the artist and archeologist William Gell, Dodwell toured the Ionian Islands and the Troad.  Later he travelled with the Italian artist Simone Pomardi; the illustrations come largely from their copious sketches. 

A gift to the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, from Homer Thompson.  Thompson (1906-2000) was a Canadian classical archaeologist who specialized in ancient Greece.  As a fellow of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, he was part of the excavations of the Athenian Agora beginning in 1931, leading them from 1946 until 1970.

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