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WILSON, Samuel Sheridan. A Narrative of the Greek Mission or Sixteen Years in Malta and Greece, London: John Snow, 1839. 8°. Baxter-print oleographed frontispiece of a Greek monastery from a painting by Westall, engraved vignette on title, 2-page publisher's advertisements (some spotting). Contemporary blindtooled cloth, spine lettered in gilt (spine faded, numbered paper label on front cover, corners bumped). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. cf. Blackmer 1820 (citing the second issue): "The coloured frontispiece is an early example of printing in colours ..."; Weber 305.
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