Greece.- Moncel (Théodose du) De Venise a Constantinople a travers la Grèce et Retour par Malte, Messine, Pizzo et Naples, first edition, 2 tinted lithographed pictorial titles, lithographed map and 47 tinted lithographed plates only by Auguste Bry after du Moncel and others (of 51, lacking plates 4, 18, 23 & 24: Corfu, Temple of Jupiter, Panorama of Athens & Monastery of Daphne, but with plate 36bis), one folding, a few plates with more than one image, text with wood-engraved illustrations, advertisement leaf at end printed in red, lightly foxed, folding panorama with tear to upper margin, Greek bookplate, contemporary roan-backed gilt-decorated cloth, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed, spine worn and defective, upper cover faded and detached, [Not in Atabey or Blackmer], oblong folio, Paris, [c.1845].

⁂ Rare. Du Moncel travelled in Greece and Turkey in 1843-44 and published three works as a result, all of which are scarce. This one covers mostly Greece but includes fine views of Venice, Corfu, Athens, Corinth, Constantinople and Malta.