LOT 415 [TRAVEL & EXPLORATION] WHELER, GEORGE
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[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION] WHELER, GEORGE a journey into greece by george wheler esq... London: for William Cademan, Robert Kettlewell, and Awnsham Churchill, 1682. First edition. Folio. Complete with dedication, folding map, five plates (including one with three small plates on one sheet), and numerous engravings in text. 18th century full, gilt-paneled diced brown calf, gilt spine compartments, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, edges, joints, and spine rubbed, front joint tender; light foxing to map, light to moderate foxing to title-page, other scattered light foxing and minor dust smudging. Armorial book-plate of Syston Park on front paste-down. Ex-library with book-plate on front paste-down; rubber stamp to verso of front free endpaper, recto of first free leaf, verso of folding map, and bottom of title-page; call number in pencil on title-page. Wing 1607. PROVENANCE: The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Alexander Weddell, Richmond, Virginia. Deaccessioned by The Virginia House Museum to benefit future preservation, acquisitions, and care of collections.
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