Travels in Greece, or, An account of a tour made at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti / by Richard Chandler, D.D. Fellow of Magdalen College, and of the Society of Antiquaries.
Alternate Title(s):
Travels in Greece
Published / Created:
Oxford : Printed at the Clarendon Press. Sold by J. Dodsley, J. Robson, T. Cadell, P. Elmsly, and G. Robinson, London; and by D. Prince, Oxford, MDCCLXXVI [1776]
Physical Description:
4, xiv, [2], 304 p., [7] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : maps ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Chandler's personal account of the first Ionian expedition of the Society of Dilettani which Chandler led between 1764 and 1766. A combined edition of Chandler's "Travels in Asia Minor" and "Travels in Greece" was published in London in 1817. Dublin piracies of both titles appeared in the same year. Cf. British Architectural Library.
Subject Terms:
Greece -- Description and travel. | Morritt, John Bacon Sawrey -- Bookplate | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1776.
Form/Genre:
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Contributors:
Barber, John, approximately 1754–1781, engraver. | Kitchin, Thomas, 1719–1784, engraver. | Society of Dilettanti (London, England)