FELLOWS, Sir Charles

TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN ASIA MINOR, MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE PROVINCE OF LYCIA

London: John Murray, 1852. Second, abridged edition (first published in 1839 and 1841). Small 8vo. xvi, 510 pp. Two folding maps, six folding plates, many illustrations in the text. Fellows made to journeys into Lycia, in 1838 and 1839, publishing journals of those explorations in 1839 and 1841; he discovered the ruins of Xanthus, the ancient capital of Lucia on the first tri[p, and 13 ancient cities there on the second. Cf. Blackmer 578 and 579 (for the original editions). 20th-century burgundy morocco and marbled boards, leather label and gilt ornamental rules on spine, edges sprinkled red. Fine copy in an attractive recent binding. Item #67023

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