Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania, &c.

London.: Richard Bentley., 1851.. Original blind-stamped blue cloth, rebacked, with the original rubbed and faded backstrip laid down. Some minor foxing throughout, generally not affecting image.. 8vo.. Frontispiece map and 20 tinted lithographic plates printed by Hullmandel and Walton. William Holman Hunt.'s copy of the first edition with a from Lear.The inscription is dated August 30th 1852 and was written at Clive Vale Farm in Hastings. Lear was in fact living with Hunt at Clive Vale during the second half of 1852, during which time he was to meet other members of the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood.The notes for this volume were collected during two journeys through Northern and Western Greece, Albania, and Macedonia in 1848 and 1849. Lear visited Corfu in 1848 then travelled to Constantinople with Sir Stafford and Lady Canning, and on his return overland from Salonica he visited Macedonia and Albania. The second journey saw Lear return to Albania, as well as taking in Epirus and Thessaly. The lithographs in this volume are tinted with three colours - a blue-grey, a grey and sepia. This may have been a technical experiment on Lear's part. The plates include views of Yenidje, Vodhena, Monastir, Akhrida, Avlona, Tyrana, Kroia, Skodra, Durazzo, Berat, Khimara, Tepelini, Parga, Meteora, and Tempe.[Abbey Travel 45].