Xanthus: Travels of Discovery in Turkey. SIGNED/Inscribed

The Rubicon Press, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Inscribed by Author. SIGNED and inscribed by the author: " To Otto Fischer with best wishes" [signed] Enid Slatter. A tight, bright copy with a little creasing to covers, clean pages. This book is an absolute must for every lover of Greek antiquity and more particularly for those, who like me, fell in love with Lycia in southeastern Turkey.The title Xanthus, although the main city and once capital of ancient Lycia, may be misleading as the book covers in fact, all of Lycia. The author mainly has reproduced the journals kept by Charles Fellows, who in 1838 and 1840 crisscrossed this unchartered territory looking for architecture worth of filling the newly founded British Museum in London. Occasionally Enid Slatter has added updated information about the whereabouts of certain artifacts.The journal not only mentions the (generally phonetically spelled) Turkish names of the towns but only the corresponding name from antiquity. The book is further richly illustrated by a huge amount of drawings, some made by Fellows himself, but most of them drawn by young George Scharf, who accompanied him especially for? this purpose. 367 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Travel & Places; Inscribed by Author. ISBN/EAN: 9780948695315. Inventory No: dscf7655. . 9780948695315