[HENRY JOHN GEORGE HELBERT] 3rd EARL OF CARNARVON: Reminiscences of Athens and the Morea extracts of a travel in Greece in 1839, edited by his son, the present Earl. London 1869 First edition. In 8vo (19x14 cm). Contemporary red leather over boards, spine richly gilt. Some very light scattered spotting at the edges of a few pages, otherwise text clean and bright. Manuscript ownership inscription of William St Clair, leading Hellenist, on front pastedown. Complete: [30], 229 p. and one map (as called for). Overall in very good plus condition, with fine provenance. Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon (1833–1849), visited Greece in 1839. His travel manuscript remained unpublished within his family until issued by his son thirty years later in a very small print run, essentially a family publication. The Earl visited Athens, where he described the Court of King Othon and the small Athenian society of the late 1830s. He remarked on the inauguration of Mrs Hill’s missionary school, the celebrations of the 25th of March (Greek Independence Day), and their accompanying festivities. He recorded conversations with Kolokotronis, still alive at the time, as well as Hadjichristos, Petrobey’s mother, and several other eyewitnesses of the Revolution. He toured extensively in the Morea (Korinthos, Nafplio, Leontari, Sparti, Mani), spending weeks in Mani, where he described weddings, festivities, and the unique social structure of the Maniots. A fine travel account by an educated English traveler, offering rare insights into early independent Greece. Very rare, absent from all major collections for the Levant.