Notes Descriptive Of A Panoramic Sketch Of Athens Taken May, 1839; Sold In Aid Of The Funds Of The London Benevolent Repository

London: W.H. Dalton, 1839. Second edition. Hardcover. Contemporary three quarter black morocco over dark green cloth covered boards stamped in blind and gilt. Very good. 8 pages in text. 27.3 x 22 cm. Illustrated with large folding map, 27 x 268 cm., a lithographic panorama by Bracebridge sketched from Nature and on Zinc. Originally published 1836, a fund for building the Anglican Church (now St. Paul's) this edition comprises an entirely new lithograph from a drawing made from a different position near the church of St. Demetrius the Bombardier, and presents a different perspective. Bookseller ink stamp front paste-down, archival tape repair at upper stub. ABBEY LIFE 545. Referencing Mrs. Bracebridge, this edition and noting "Coloured zincograph." BLACKMER 193. Spine worn head and foot.