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DODWELL, Edward. Views in Greece from drawings by Edward Dodwell. London: Rodwell and Martin, 1821.
2° (525 x 370mm.). Mounted on guards throughout. Title decorated with aquatint vignette, 30 hand-coloured aquatint plates by R. Havell, T. Fielding, F.C. Lewis and others after Dodwell and Pomardi, on guards, text in French and English. (Some spotting to plates, marginal in the main, but occasionally affecting image area.) Contemporary purple straight-grained morocco, panelled in gilt and blind, spine in six compartments, lettered in one, the others gilt, g.e. (extremities scuffed). Provenance: Richard Cope (armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, a large copy of the ordinary format on thick paper. The work was issued in six parts from 1819 to 1821; most copies were issued in this format although a few copies were mounted on card in portfolios (Abbey copy and Gennadius Library copy). The plates in this work had been intended to illustrate Dodwell's Tour of Greece, 1819, but the cost of production proved too much and a selection of 30 plates were separately published under this title. Dodwell travelled extensively around the Greek islands from 1801-6 with his artist friend Pomardi. The illustrations for this work were selected from the 400 drawings by Dodwell and 600 by Pomardi. Blackmer 493; cf. Abbey Travel 130.
2° (525 x 370mm.). Mounted on guards throughout. Title decorated with aquatint vignette, 30 hand-coloured aquatint plates by R. Havell, T. Fielding, F.C. Lewis and others after Dodwell and Pomardi, on guards, text in French and English. (Some spotting to plates, marginal in the main, but occasionally affecting image area.) Contemporary purple straight-grained morocco, panelled in gilt and blind, spine in six compartments, lettered in one, the others gilt, g.e. (extremities scuffed). Provenance: Richard Cope (armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, a large copy of the ordinary format on thick paper. The work was issued in six parts from 1819 to 1821; most copies were issued in this format although a few copies were mounted on card in portfolios (Abbey copy and Gennadius Library copy). The plates in this work had been intended to illustrate Dodwell's Tour of Greece, 1819, but the cost of production proved too much and a selection of 30 plates were separately published under this title. Dodwell travelled extensively around the Greek islands from 1801-6 with his artist friend Pomardi. The illustrations for this work were selected from the 400 drawings by Dodwell and 600 by Pomardi. Blackmer 493; cf. Abbey Travel 130.