Relation de l'expédition de Lord Byron en Grèce, traduite de l'anglais par J.-T. Parisot[Account of Lord Byron’s Expedition to Greece, translated from the English by J.-T. Parisot]
First edition of the French translation.
Loukia Droulia (849) records this work without having been able to examine it. Not in Blackmer and Atabey, who describe the English edition published the same year (A narrative of Lord Byron's last journey to Greece).
Contemporary full mottled beige calf, flat spine elaborately decorated with gilt garlands and fleurons, red morocco lettering piece, minor rubbing at the foot of the joints, gilt tooling to spine-ends, borders of gilt dotted rules, gilt garlands to the boards also framed in gilt, edges framed in gilt, marbled edges.
A few minor and unobtrusive spots.
Pietro Gamba (1801-1826) was the brother of Byron’s mistress, Teresa Guiccioli; he became Byron’s secretary and accompanied him on his final journey to Greece. Prize copy awarded on 22 August 1831 at the Collège royal of Tours (prize label pasted to the front endpapers). A fine copy.