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WHELER, George (1650-1723). A Journey into Greece ... in company of Dr. Spon of Lyons. London: William Cademan, Robert Kettlewell and Awnsham Churchill, 1682. 2° (293 x 192mm). Folding engraved map, 4 plates of coins, 3 smaller engraved plates, numerous engraved illustrations. (Map cleanly torn, creased and extensively repaired on verso, occasional stains, Aa2 torn at margin, Bbb4 holed with minor loss, soilmark on Iii1r.) Contemporary blind-panelled calf, later gilt lettering on spine, red edges (some stains and scuff marks, upper joints rubbed, corners bumped).
FIRST EDITION. Wheler made the acquaintance of Jacques Spon, a doctor from Lyons, while at Venice in 1675; and the two travelled in Turkey and Greece in 1675-76. Both travellers published an account of their adventures, the six books of Wheler's large volume being filled with illustrations of inscriptions, coins, plants, and buildings (one of the engravings shows the Parthenon before the fateful explosion of 1687). The preface to the French translation which appeared in 1689, with a reprint in 1723, complimented Wheler for providing a much more accurate map of Greece than available hitherto. Atabey 1328; Blackmer 1786; Lowndes VII, 2888; Weber II, 413; Wing W-1607.
FIRST EDITION. Wheler made the acquaintance of Jacques Spon, a doctor from Lyons, while at Venice in 1675; and the two travelled in Turkey and Greece in 1675-76. Both travellers published an account of their adventures, the six books of Wheler's large volume being filled with illustrations of inscriptions, coins, plants, and buildings (one of the engravings shows the Parthenon before the fateful explosion of 1687). The preface to the French translation which appeared in 1689, with a reprint in 1723, complimented Wheler for providing a much more accurate map of Greece than available hitherto. Atabey 1328; Blackmer 1786; Lowndes VII, 2888; Weber II, 413; Wing W-1607.