Syria, The Holy Land & Asia Minor. 3 Vols
Carne, John
From ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since February 4, 2000
From ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since February 4, 2000
About this Item
Quarto. (8), viii, 80; 76; 100pp., 120 plates. Original orange-brown calf with decorative tooling and ruling on covers and spine, gilt lettering on spines; raised bands. Gilt edges. Yellow endpapers. Frontispiece and three vignette titles. Illustrated in a series of 120 steel plate engraving drawn from nature by W. H. Bartlett, William Purser and Thomas Allom. The author, John Carne, left England in 1821, and spent much time traveling in Israel/Palestine as well as in Constantinople, Greece, the Levant and Egypt. It is one of the few works of that time to include what is present-day Lebanon. This work is complete and contains 2 full-page maps and steel-engraved plates depicting views throughout Syria and Asia Minor. Each plate is protected with a tissue guard. Some wear along edges, some scuffing and chipping along joints of spines. Previous owner's name plate on inside covers. Tissue guard of frontispiece in volume one with closed three-quarter page horizontal tear. Sporadic foxing, affecting images on a few plates. Binding and interior in overall good+ to very good condition. Seller Inventory # 46072
Bibliographic Details
Title: Syria, The Holy Land & Asia Minor. 3 Vols
Publisher: Fisher, Son & Co, London
Publication Date: 1842
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: g+ to vg
Edition: Later printing.
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