WALPOLE (Robert). Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey; edited from manuscript journals. London, Longman, e.a., 1817. In-4, fawn calf, triple cold fillet, spine decorated, marbled edges (Binding of the period). First edition of this collection of articles and travel journals edited by Robert Walpole. It includes contributions by J. B. S. Morritt, Sibthorp, Carlyle, John Hawkins, Aberdeen, Philip Hunt and Walpole himself, who spent five years exploring Greece. The work is illustrated with 2 vignettes, 4 out-of-text maps and plans and 10 engraved plates, 5 of which are double-page and one folding. The copy is complete with the errata. Spine rebacked, inner hinges consolidated, corners dulled, small tear at head cap, light scattered foxing. Blackmer, n°1762 - Atabey, n°1310.