Search Results: The Present State Of the Morea Called Anciently … by Bernard Randolph

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London 1689 // Reprint: Athens 1992. Brand new. In english. Papercover, 21 cm, 26 pp., 2 folded maps.

London, 1686. [2], 26pp. Disbound. Contemporary notations and stains to titlepage. Moderate wear and foxing. Irregularly trimmed, shaving a few letters in the foredge of leaf C4. First printed in 1686 in two editions, the present London edition and an edition in Oxford. Blackmer argues that the Oxford edition should have precedence, though both editions are scarce, and this London edition is known in fewer copies. This London edition includes a description of Cerigo, not found in the Oxford edition. Randolph's description of the Morea, also known as the Peloponnesus, is a valuable account of southern mainland Greece, based on his own firsthand observations while a merchant there. He describes several important port cities, their attributes, suitability for commerce, and the quality of life there for the Greek and Turkish residents. "By 1664 he was living in Smyrna and he traded extensively through the Aegean region of the Ottoman empire until after 1680. Between 1683 and 1684 he travelled three… Read More

London, Will. Notts, at the Queens-Arms in Pell Mall, Tho. Basset in Fleetstreet; and Thomas Bennet, at the Half-moon in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1689 & Oxford, printed at the Theater in Oxford, 1687. . '...State of the Morea': third edition; 8vo, [2], 26 pp., large folding map of the Morea, 2 double-page plates. '...State of the islands': first edition. [2], 108, [10] pp., large folding map of Greece with part of Anatolia, 2 folding plates, 1 double-page plate of Tenedos, very large folding plate of the Gran Seraglio, contemporary panelled calf, handsomely rebacked, neat repairs to folding plates, a very good copy. 'Randolph (bap. 1643 - d. after 1689?)... was living in Smyrna [by 1664] and he traded extensively through the Aegean region of the Ottoman empire until after 1680. Between 1683 and 1684 he travelled three times to Massachusetts to assist his elder brother Edward as deputy collector of customs. Back in England he published in 1686 The Present State of the Morea, a brief account of the… Read More