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DODWELL, Edward (1767-1832). Views and Descriptions of Cyclopian, or, Pelasgic Remains, in Greece and Italy. London: Adolphus Richter and Co., 1834.
Folio (480 x 335 mm). 131 lithographic plates after Dodwell and others. (Slight spotting, a few plates trimmed close affecting titles.) Modern green cloth (rebound, very minor toning, a few scuffs). Provenance: John M. Wing (1845-1917), American printer, publisher and collector, (Old Corner Library bookplate), benefactor to; Newberry Library (library deaccession stamp).
FIRST EDITION, which Dodwell had intended as a supplement to his 1819 work, A Classical and Topographical Tour through Greece, During the Years 1801, 1806, and 1806, and which was published posthumously. Blackmer 494.
Property from the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois