An Excursion in the Peloponnesus in the Year 1858 by Wyse, Thomas, 1791-1862 - 1865

London: Day & Son, Limited, 1865. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vols. frontises, double-page map, 22 plates (2 folding), xii, (2), 314, 343p. Original blind stamped cloth. 25cm. Extremities rubbed (some fraying). Backstrip frayed at ends and faded. Front joint of Vol. II splitting at bottom. Former owner's name crossed out on endpapers. Title-leaf in Vol. I partially detached at bottom. Wyse was an Irish Catholic landowner and politician who served as British Ambassador to Greece in 1849-1862. The tour described in this book was undertaken to gather information for a "Financial Commission to Inquire into the Resources of Greece." This book was edited after the author's death by his niece Winifrede M. Wyse.