WORDSWORTH Christopher, "GREECE: PICTORIAL, DESCRIPTIVE, AND HISTORICAL / New Edition, Carefully Revised / with numerous engravings on wood and steel, illustrative of the scenery, architecture, costume and fine arts of that country, by C. Fielding, F. Creswick, D. Cox, P. Huet et.al.”, London, William S. Orr and Co, 1853 (1st edition 1839). In large 8vο, pp. xxiv+458. With frontispiece, title vignette (steel engravings), 24 full page steel engravings by R.Brandard, E.Radclyffe, E.G.Scharf, Meissonier, Sargent, Daubigny & others and numerous (around 350) of wood engravings, 15 of which full page and the rest in text.

Wordsworth (1807-1885), bishop of Lincoln, scholar, Biblical commentator and prolific author, travelled in Greece in 1832-33 and he was the first Englishman presented to King Otto. He was a keen observer and his conjecture of the site of Dodona was confirmed by Carapanos. His works on Greece and Athens & Attica "are still books of authority."

Contemporary embossed fabric bound, with centered amphora-ornament in gilt; richly decorated spine, rather worn and faded. Visible edge and corner wear, inner joints restoration. Library stamp on inner front board ("Rugby School Library"), slight foxing inside, but clean and tight. Good copy