From a coloured copy of Views in the Seven Ionian Islands (1863).
folio (497 x 333 mm). (λίγα στίγματα οξείδωσης στον τίτλο). Λιθόγραφος τίτλος με βινιέτα και 20 λιθογραφίες χαραγμένες από τον Lear με βάση σχέδιά του, ΟΛΕΣ ΕΠΙΧΡΩΜΑΤΙΣΜΕΝΕΣ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΧΕΡΙ, 2 φύλλα στην αρχή (εισαγωγή και πίνακας λιθογραφιών), 21 φύλλα με επεξηγηματικά κείμενα (ένα για τη βινιέτα και από ένα για κάθε λιθογραφία) και ένα φύλλο με κατάλογο συνδρομητών στο τέλος. Αρχικό πράσινο πανί (τίτλος με χρυσά γράμματα στο πάνω κάλυμμα, 2 ex-libris, το ένα του Earl of Dartmouth). Blackmer 987, Weber, I, 1183, Παπαδόπουλος (Iονική) 4288. – ΠΟΛΥ ΚΑΛΟ ΑΝΤΙΤΥΠΟ.
[folio (497 x 333 mm). (a few spots of oxidation on the title). Lithograph title with vignette and 20 lithographs engraved by Lear from his designs, ALL COLORED BY HAND, 2 leaves at the beginning (introduction and table of lithographs), 21 leaves with explanatory texts (one for the vignette and one for each lithograph) and a subscriber list sheet at the end. Original green cloth (title lettered in gold on upper cover, 2 ex-libris, one by the Earl of Dartmouth). Blackmer 987, Weber, I, 1183, Papadopoulos (Ionic) 4288. – VERY GOOD COPY.] Google translation.
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