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Lot 00138 |

[CARL OTTO LUDVIG VON ARNIM]: Reise von Neapel durch Apulien und die Ioniscen Inseln nach Athen. Berlin 1837 First edition of a rare travel account in the Levant. In 8vo 17 x 12 cm, later blue hard covers. Some scattered light spotting, browning in a few pages. Complete: 104 p. and two plates (one folding), as called for. Manuscript ownership inscription of William St Clair on front pastedown with a few notes by him. Overall in very good condition, with fine provenance.< Von Arnim (1779–1861), a German traveler and travel writer, journeyed widely through Europe. In the 1830s he visited southern Europe, and as newly independent Greece had a German king, he traveled to the Ionian Islands (the folding plate is titled Corfiotisches Lied and contains local Corfu music) and Athens. He provides a detailed account of the emerging Greek state. Not in Atabey or Blackmer. Rare.




SOLD // €1575.00




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