Lot 03144

“Travels and discoveries in the Levant”, Day and Son, London, 1865. First edition, 2vol. in one. 4to, pp.[1],360 + [2],275. Complete with 39 plates and two folded maps. Charles Newton was British consul in Mytilini from 1852 to 1859. He excavated for the first time Halicarnassus (Bodrum) and other ancient sites of the Asia Minor coastline. This is the popular account of his archaeological works in Asia Minor, including detailed & accurate descriptions of his travels in the Greek islands of Lesvos (Mytilini), Rhodes & Kalymnos. The plates include albumen prints of antiquities by F. Bedford and etchings after very early photographs by Spackman and Colnaghi. Beautiful full leather, contemporary binding, wear in the joints, a very clean and nice copy. Atabey 869, Blackmer 1193, Weber 636, Contominas 503