London, Mawman, 1820
Hughes travelled in the Mediterranean and Greece in 1813-14 as tutor to Richard Townley Parker. They visited Spain, Italy, Sicily, Greece and Albania. Hughes and Parker arrived in Preveza late in 1813; they were joined on their Albanian tour by C.R. Cockerell, who spent about two months with them. Most of the book is in fact devoted to a description of this part of their travels, and 10 of the engravings are after drawings by Cockerell illustrating sites in Epirus. This work is one of the major sources of information about Ali Pasha. Hughes was a confirmed philhellene.
First edition. 2 vols, 4to, xii, 532; viii, 393 pp, folding engraved map, 14 engraved plates, of which two aquatinted by F.C. Lewis, light spotting to plates, offsetting from plates to text, contemporary half calf marbled boards, joints cracked but sound, a very good copy.
Atabey 599, Blackmer 842; Weber 86; Abbey 203.
First edition. 2 vols, 4to, xii, 532; viii, 393 pp, folding engraved map, 14 engraved plates, of which two aquatinted by F.C. Lewis, light spotting to plates, offsetting from plates to text, contemporary half calf marbled boards, joints cracked but sound, a very good copy.
Atabey 599, Blackmer 842; Weber 86; Abbey 203.
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