GRASSET DE SAINT-SAUVEUR (André). A historical, literary and picturesque journey to the islands and possessions formerly held by the Venetians in the Levant: Corfu, Paxo, Bucintro, Parga, Prevesa, Vonizza, Sainte-Maure, Thiaqui, Céphalonie, Zante, Strophades, Cérigo and Cérigotte. Paris, Tavernier, an VIII [1799]. 3 volumes in-8 and an atlas in-4, half red morocco, spines bordered with a cold roulette, smooth spine (Modern binding). First edition of this important description of the Ionian Islands, accompanied by an atlas of 30 copper-engraved folding plates and maps based on the author's drawings. Long controlled by the Republic of Venice, the Greek archipelago was annexed by revolutionary France in 1797. A washed copy in a modern binding; brown spotting and marginal worm damage in volume III. Atabey, n°517 - Blackmer, n°722.