Notes and Observations on the Ionian Islands and Malta: with some remarks on Constantinople and Turkey and on The System of Quarantine as at Present Conducted by John Davy, M.D., F.R.SS., L.&E. In Two Volumes. [Full Leather Binding – Scarce FIRST Edition – LACKING the Map, Preface and List of Embellishents]

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1842, FIRST Edition. Beautifully bound in full (unsigned) leather, with gilt titles and gilt lined and decorated compartments, gilt and blind decorated boards, gilt page edges, gilt turn-ins to the paste downs, text block tight, pages gently age toned. LACKING the Preface and the List of Embellishments (supplied in facsimile to Vol I) and LACKING THE folding MAP – which was never bound in. All the plates are present. Pagination: Vol I – 436pp (Preface and List of Embellishments supplied in facsimile, LACKING the Map). Vol II – xi, [i], 500pp. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 8 ¾ inches (22.5cm) tall. Condition Report Externally • Spine – very good condition – gilt titles, gilt lined and decorated compartments, five raised bands, minor marks. • Joints – very good condition – sound, rubbed and worn. • Corners – very good condition – rubbed and worn. • Boards – very good condition – full leather, with gilt and blind stamped decoration, minor marks and wear. • Page edges – very good condition – all edges gilt. • Binding – good condition – attractive. • See above and photos. Internally • Hinges – very good condition – sound. • Paste downs – good condition – cream paper, tanned, inner gilt dentelles. • End papers – good condition – cream paper, tanned subsequently with some foxing. • Title – good condition – tanned with some foxing. • Pages – good condition – tanned with some foxing. • See photos.