Dominic Winter

GREECE & THE LEVANT
THE COLLECTION OF DR PAUL HETHERINGTON
To commence at 10am
Lot 2 Lot 3
1 About (Edmond). La Grece Contemporaine, Paris: Hachette and
Co., 1872, half-title (previous owner’s name excised and repaired),
occasional light spotting, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed,
small 8vo, together with Beulé (E.), LAcropole d’Athenes, Paris: F.
D. Freres, 1862, engraved frontispieces, few engraved plans (mostly
folding), contemporary half calf, slightly faded and a little scuffed,
8vo, plus Lacroix (Louis), Iles de la Grece, Paris: F. D. Freres, 1853,
half-title, text in double column, original publisher’s cloth, spine
slightly faded, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Leconte (Casimir), Etude
économique de la Grece, de sa position actuelle, de son avenir...,
Paris: F. D. Freres, 1847, occasional very light spotting, all edges gilt,
original publisher’s decorated cloth, few minor marks, 8vo
(4) £200-300
2 Ansted (David Thomas). The Ionian Islands in the Year 1863, 1st
ed., 1863, tinted lithographed frontispiece, four maps, woodengraved
illustrations, bookplate, original green blindstamped cloth,
slight edgewear, 8vo
Blackmer 35. Ansted was a geologist and engineer of considerable reputation
and wrote several travel books as well as works on geology and geography.
A good copy.
(1) £300-400
3 Auldjo (John). Journal of a Visit to Constantinople, and some of
the Greek Islands, in the Spring and Summer of 1833, 1st edition,
1835, seven etched plates by George Cruikshank from sketches by
the author, two wood engraved vignettes after Sir William Gell,
author’s presentation inscription to title, partly excised ownership
inscription to title, some minor scattered spotting, contemporary
half dark morocco gilt, 8vo
Blackmer 56, “... a very interesting account of several months’ visit, written
in a lively style.”
(1) £600-800
4 Barthelemy (Jean Jacques). Travels of Anacharsis the Younger
in Greece. During the Middle of the Fourth Century Before the
Christian Era, 5 volumes (including Atlas), mixed editions, Dublin &
London, 1795-1796, half titles to first four volumes, thirty-one folding
engraved maps and plates, a few light spots, first four volumes
contemporary tree calf, spines with contrasting labels and gilt
decoration, edges lightly rubbed, atlas volume in later half calf with
matching spine labels, 8vo
(5) £150-200
5 Bent (J. Theodore). The Cyclades, or Life among the Insular
Greeks, 1st edition, Longmans, Green & Co., 1885, half-title, folding
map, 18pp. publisher’s adverts to rear, some pages unopened,
ownership inscription of Kirk Nuttal to title, a little light spotting to
first few leaves, hinges cracked, original publisher’s cloth gilt, slightly
rubbed and a little bumped at extremities, 8vo
Blackmer 123. ‘A very interesting account of the author’s stay on each of the
19 islands of the Cyclades with descriptions of customs, beliefs and
superstitions of the peoples’.
(1) £300-500
6 Buchon (Jean Alexandre). La Grèce Continentale et la Morée,
1st edition, Paris: Charles Gosselin, 1843, half-title, modern quarter
morocco, original printed wrappers bound in, 8vo
Blackmer 230.
(1) £150-200
7 Buchon (Jean Alexandre). Recherches historiques sur la
principauté francaise de Morée, et ses hautes baronnies, 2 volumes
(in four), Paris: Jules Renouard and Co., 1845, half-titles, separate
titles for each part, slight scattered spotting, contemporary calf
(signed Sourlier), gilt armorial to boards, contrasting morocco labels
to spine, joints cracked, slightly rubbed, 8vo
(4) £300-400
Left: Lot 140
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