Depictions of Greek Ruins in the 1830s

Davydov, Vladimir. Ταξιδιωτικές Σημειώσεις: Από τα Ιόνια Νησιά, την Ελλάδα τη Μικρά Ασία και την Τουρκία στα 1835. Athens: Emporiki Bank of Greece, 2004. Two volumes: 4to text volume, original embossed tan linen, gilt, with jacket; oblong folio [29 by 40 cm] atlas volume, original embossed tan linen, gilt, with jacket. Both volume housed in original illustrated cardboard box. Text: 349, (3) pages; illustrated in color. Atlas: 190, (2) pages; extensively illustrated in color. Fine. A handsomely produced reprint of the rare and important illustrated travel memoirs of Count Vladimir Petrovich Orlov-Davydov (1809–1882), first published in 1839 and 1840. Covers his travels in the Ionian Islands, Greece, Asia Minor and Turkey.