Spratt, Thomas Abel Brimage, "Travels and Researches in Crete", Volume I & II, London, John Van Voorst, 1865.

The COMPLETE FIRST EDITION of one of the most important surveys in the island of about Crete.

Large 8vo, pp. xii, [1], 387 ix, [1], 435. Two (2) folding hand-coloured engraved maps, 17 lithographed plates (including 14 tinted), lithographed and woodcut illustrations (most on india paper). Ex-Library cachet on title pages.

Professionally restored. Some sheets with chipped edges, marginal only chipping evident also to some of the plates. Maps with losses and tears, fully restored. Cachets on title pages.

Rebacked, cloth covers & spine with leather strip bearing the title, all placed in handmade leather case by “Εργαστήρι βιβλιοδεσιών Μπάμπη Λέγγα”.

Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt was an English vice-admiral, hydrographer, and geologist. He was especially distinguished for his Travels and Researches in Crete (2 vols., 1865), in which he described the physical geography, geology, archaeology and natural history of the island. While surveying the sea, Spratt looked beyond the coasts, visiting and considering the topology, geology, people and settlements of the country, paying also special attention to the remains of the past. Assisted by his very able personnel, enabled him to successfully research the island and produce this detailed account, combining the results and leading to very interesting results along islands geological history and archaeology.

Blackmer 1590.