Description: TRAVELS IN ASIA MINOR 1764-1765. R CHANDLER TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM: 1971 Richard Chandler, classical scholar and traveller, was commissioned by the Society of Dilettanti to undertake a tour of exploration in Asia Minor and Greece in the first independent mission funded by the society. He was given command of the expedition and was accompanied by Nicholas Revett and the watercolour painter William Edmund Pars. They were instructed to make Smyrna their headquarters. The party spent about a year in Asia Minor; among the places visited were Tenedos, Troas, Chios, Smyrna, Erythrae, Teos, Priene, Iasus (in Caria), Mylassa (Caria), Stratonicea, Laodiceia (ad Lyceum), Hierapolis, Sardes, and Ephesus. The valuable materials collected by Chandler and his companions were published in three works. His journals from the expedition appeared in two parts: Travels in Asia Minor (1775) and Travels in Greece (1776)/ TRAVELS IN ASIA MINOR 1764-1765 RICHARD CHANDLER Edited and abridged by EDITH CLAY THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM: LONDON 1971 Richard Chandler, classical scholar and traveller, was commissioned by the Society of Dilettanti to undertake a tour of exploration in Asia Minor and Greece in the first independent mission funded by the society. He was given command of the expedition and was accompanied by Nicholas Revett and the watercolour painter William Edmund Pars. They were instructed to make Smyrna their headquarters. The party spent about a year in Asia Minor; among the places visited were Tenedos, Troas, Chios, Smyrna, Erythrae, Teos, Priene, Iasus (in Caria), Mylassa (Caria), Stratonicea, Laodiceia (ad Lyceum), Hierapolis, Sardes, and Ephesus. The valuable materials collected by Chandler and his companions were published in three works. His journals from the expedition appeared in two parts: Travels in Asia Minor (1775) and Travels in Greece (1776)/ 25 x 16 cm. xlv + 253 pp + colour frontispiece & 16 b/w plates. Very good condition, dust jacket faded on the spine and a little edge worn (now in protective cover). Previous owners bookplate on the front free endpaper, otherwise clean and tidy. Images sell! Get Supersized Images & Free Image Hosting Attention Sellers - Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva.com.
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Author: R Chandler
Binding: Hardback
Illustrator: W Pars
Language: English
Non-Fiction Subject: Travel Guides & Travel Stories
Region: Asia
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Year Printed: 1971
