Guerin V.: Description de l ile de Patmos et de l ile de Samos. Paris 1856 First edition. Large 8vo 22x14cm.Contemporary burgundy leather over boards, internally very light scattered spotting in few pages, otherwise a clean copy, complete [4] 224p.[2] and two folded maps of the islands of Patmos and Samos, autograph dedication of the author on half title to Valon (author of a previously published account on Greece, see lot 137) with his respects, overall in very good condition and fine provenance. Guerin visited the Samos and Patmos islands in 1854.Guerin described the islands village by village, their populations, their costumes, their monuments etc. It is the first systematic scientific travel account for those two Greek islands.