One of the most important accounts of Crete. Captain Spratt, Director of the Mediterranean Survey since 1851, published here a detailed account of the archaeology and ethnology of Crete. It also comprises, in the appendix, a comparison between the Cretan dialect and Modern Greek, by Viscount Strangford.

First edition; 2 vols, 8vo (23 x 15.5 cm); 14 tinted lithograph plates, including 2 frontispieces slightly spotted, of which one folding panorama with small tear to crease, 2 folding coloured maps, 2 plates of inscriptions, 1 plate of coins, 24 lithographed illustrations on India paper mounted in the letterpress, armorial bookplate to pastedowns; publisher's brown cloth, gilt roundels to upper boards, gilt lettering to spine, a very good set; xii, [ii], 387; ix, [ii], 435 pp.

Blackmer 1590.