WALPOLE

MEMOIRS RELATING TO EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC TURKEY;

WALPOLE, Robert M.A.

London, 1817

Robert Walpole (1781-1856), a descendant of Sir Robert Walpole, first Earl of Oxford, also considered the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, voyaged to the East around 1803 and returned in 1808. Walpole gathered together in a first precious edition (1817) texts and studies mainly on Greek antiquities. Two enriched re-editions followed in 1818 and 1820.