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Creator:
Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786–1869
Title(s):
A journey through Albania and other provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, during the years 1809 and 1810 / by J.C. Hobhouse.
Edition:
Second ed.
Published/Created:
London : Printed for James Cawthorn, Cockspur Street; and sold by Sharpe and Hailes, Piccadilly; Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh; and N. Mahon, Dublin, [1813]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. (part. folded), maps, facsims. ; 28 cm. (4to)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DR425.B87 J78 1813a+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"At Cambridge Hobhouse founded a Whig club and became the close friend of Byron, with whom in 1809 he travelled across Portugal and Spain to Gibraltar. From Malta he and Byron were encouraged by English naval and diplomatic intelligence to travel into Albania ... On returning Hobhouse published ... his account of their eastern tour, 'A Journey through Albania, and other Provinces of Turkey'"--Cf. DNB.
"The first edition was also published in 1813. The book was re-published in 1855"--Cf. Abbey.
Another issue of the second edition was printed with a completely reset title page and variant imprint: London: Printed for James Cawthorn, Cockspur Street, 1813.
DNB, v. 9, p. 941-943
Includes bibliographical references.
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 202
BAC: British Art Center copy is an uncolored copy of the second edition of Abbey T202. Bound in publisher's blue water cloth binding.
Subject Terms:
Albania -- Description and travel.
Albanian language.
Cawthorn, James -- Publisher.
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1813.
Greece -- Antiquities.
Greece -- Description and travel.
Stipple engraving -- Specimens -- 1813.
Turkey -- Description and travel.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- 1813.
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1813.
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