Lot 08066

“Narrative of a Journey Across the Balcan, by the two passes of Selimno and Pravadi; also of a visit to Azani, and other newly discovered ruins in Asia Minor, in the years 1829-30”, London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. Complete in 2 Volumes. First Edition. 1 hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, 2 folding engraved maps, a single-page plan and 8 illustrations in text. Contemporary half leather, spine with raised bands and title in gilt, marbled boards. Ex-libris labels of Charles Talbot, bearing the coat of arms of the “House of Talbot”. Occasional light spotting , short tears (reinforced) on maps. Overall clean and Fine. George Thomas Keppel (1799-1821), who became the sixth Earl of Albemarle in 1851, was a British soldier, Liberal politician and writer. The current famous account was conducted during serving the British squadron in 1828/9 and includes travels accounts for Roumelia (Macedonia and Thrace) and Anatolia, including a visit to Constantinople and Adrianople. This rare travel account is noted as one of the first using the term Balkan (here “Balcan”) for the broad Balkan peninsula area. Atabey 632, Blackmer 909.