A Summer Ramble in Syria, with a Tartar Trip from Aleppo to Stamboul.
MONRO The Rev. Vere (1835.)
£1750.00 [First Edition]
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First edition. 2 vols. Lithographed frontispieces. 8vo. Contemporary half calf gilt, with pinhead cloth boards, the spines with raised bands and contrasting lettering pieces, marbled end papers and edges, the plates lightly spotted. xiii, 316; xii, 311pp. London, Richard Bentley,
"An interesting work describing a journey through Palestine, Syria and Asia Minor from March to July of 1833. The two plates are after drawings by C.E. Monro. Monro had previously traveled in Egypt with J.A. St. John" (Blackmer).
Atabey, 827; Blackmer, 1148; Rohricht, 1833; Weber I, 234.
Stock Code: 219156
