Lot 06524

EMERSON James (Tennent), “Letters from the Aegean”. New York: J. & J. Harper, 1829. 8vo, pp.248 (+6 adv. – reviews of the Harper works listed). First Edition USA. Contemporary quarter leather. relief cachet “CONCORD N.H. HISTORICAL SOCIETY”. Emerson, who added the Tennent surname in 1831 was a great supporter of Greek independence. Here describes his travels through Greece and Turkey in “characteristic sketches of manners and scenery”.