First edition. 2 vols. 9 maps & plans (some folding), 12 mounted photographic & 18 further plates, with further illustrations in the text. Original green blind-stamped cloth, spines gilt, wiith some wear and tear to extremities and joints. Some plates with marginal damp-staining. xvi, 360; xvi, 376pp. Day & Son. London, 1865.
The rare issue with 12 original mounted photographs in place of lithographs, noticed by Navari in her catalogue of Henry Blackmer’s collection.Newton was appointed as vice-consul at Mitylene in 1852 and later acting consul at Rhodes. Following his excavations at Kalymnos (1854-55) he supervised the British government’s expeditions to Asia Minor which saw the excavation of one of the seven wonders of the world: the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Newton later went on to become Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum.Blackmer, 1193.
