Narrative of a Second Visit to Greece,including Facts Connected with the Last Days of Lord Byron, Extracts from Official Documents &c. by Blaquiere, Edward - 1825

London: Geo. B.Whitaker, 1825 Blaquiere reports on his activities in Greece, on problems and progress up to 1824 in the Greek War of Independence, eyewitness descriptions of Byron's death at Missolonghi, transcripts of original documents relating to those activities.Part I: Introduction -- Personal narrative of the author's arrival [i-iv+ 167p.] Part II: The last days of Lord Byron -- Funeral oration -- Account of the author's visit to Anatolico -- [pages 1-47] Extracts from correspondence - [items I-I-XLV, pages 47-175] on total 340p. frontispiece, inserted facsimile letter. Clean, tight, nicely rebound copy in half cloth with marbled boards. (Slight foxing to preliminaries, to frontispiece and to pp i-ix) A few lightly pencilled notes on sfep by a previous owner about Blaquiere's writings , Else near fine [Blackmer 150]. First Edition.. Rebound Copy. Near Fine/No Jacket. Hard Cover.