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British, 1796 – 1837
Researches in the Highlands of Turkey
Including visits to Mount Ida, Athos, Olympus and Pelion, to the Mirdite Albanians and other remote tribes
AUTHOR
Rev. Henry Fanshawe TOZER
PUBLISHER
John Murray, London
YEAR
1869
NOTES
First edition, Volumes I & II
Original green cloth, spines lettered in gilt. Includes the folding map, 2 steel-engraved frontispieces, 5 illustrations and 6 steel-engraved plates.
Volume I - 397 pages
Volume II - 390 pages
Dimensions: 20 x 14 cm
Condition: Good (ex. library copy)
This book is rare
Provenance
private collection, Greece
Literature
Blackmer 1669, Atabey 1231
NOTES
Tozer visited the areas described in these 2 volumes on three separate journeys made in the summers of 1853, 1861 and 1865. An interesting work describing numerous places in Western and Northern Greece including a detailed account of Mount Athos as well as the southern parts of Yugoslavia, Albania. The work also contains an excellent chapter with notes on the ballads, tales and classical superstitions of the modern Greeks.
Tozer visited the areas described in these 2 volumes on three separate journeys made in the summers of 1853, 1861 and 1865. An interesting work describing numerous places in Western and Northern Greece including a detailed account of Mount Athos as well as the southern parts of Yugoslavia, Albania. The work also contains an excellent chapter with notes on the ballads, tales and classical superstitions of the modern Greeks.
