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Hobhouse, John Cam - Baron Broughton, (1786-1869); Marcel Dunan (1885 - 1978) provenance - A Journey Through Albania and Other Provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, During the Years 1809 and 1810 by J.C. Hobhouse. Second Edition

Title: A Journey Through Albania and Other Provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, During the Years 1809 and 1810 by J.C. Hobhouse. Second Edition
Description: London : Printed for James Cawthorn, Cockspur Street;. 4to. 21 x 27cm. 2 vols. Contemporary English blond calf binding with gilt embellishments, restored.. 24 engraved plates, including 2 folding maps and 17 hand-colored aquatint plates of views (12 in Vol. I and 5 in Vol. II); about half are double page... Second edition, first issue, of the famous Journey through the Turkish empire on which Hobhouse accompanied Lord Byron in 1809-10. This second edition of the "A Journey through Albania "appeared in the same year as the first, and has the errata corrected and a few changes in the preliminary material.. "At Cambridge Hobhouse founded a Whig club and became the close friend of Byron, with whom in 1809 he travelled across Portugal and Spain to Gibraltar. From Malta he and Byron were encouraged by English naval and diplomatic intelligence to travel into Albania .. On returning Hobhouse published .. his account of their eastern tour, 'A Journey through Albania, and other Provinces of Turkey'"--Cf. DNB. "The first edition was also published in 1813. The book was re-published in 1855"--Cf. Abbey. This issue of the second edition was printed with a completely reset title page and variant imprint: London: Printed for James Cawthorn, Cockspur Street, 1813.. Provenance: Marcel Dunan, author of the Larousse Encyclopedia of Ancient and Medieval History ; Bookseller label of Jean Clavreuil 37, rue St, Andrée des Arts, Paris... References: DNB, v. 9, p. 941-943 - Includes bibliographical references.Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, no. 202; OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 1070970689. .

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