Spratt (Thomas). Travels and Researches in Crete, 2 volumes, 1st edition, presentation copy, 1865

Spratt (Thomas Abel Brimage). Travels and Researches in Crete, 2 volumes, 1st edition, presentation copy, London: John van Voorst, 1865, inscribed by the owner John Cleugh in both volumes 'from my affectionate old friend the author. J Cleugh, archdeacon, Malta, March 16 1877', folding tinted lithograph panorama of Candia, 13 tinted lithograph plates, 3 other plates, 2 folding hand-coloured plates, lithograph illustrations on india paper in text, 2 advertisements leaves, publisher's catalogue at end of volume 2, lightly spotted, original publisher's terracotta cloth gilt, lightly rubbed and marked, upper cover of volume two stained at foot, 8vo (Quantity: 2) Provenance: John Cleugh (1793-1881), Archdeacon of Malta from 1865 until his death in 1881. Blackmer 1590. 'Spratt's archaeological and ethnological interests spurred him on to produce the important Travels in Crete which contains an extremely detailed account of the island, including an appendix describing the Cretan dialect as compared to Modern Greek'.