Unexplored Syria Visits To The Libanus, The Tulel El Safa, The Anti-Libanus, The Northern Libanus, And The `Alah
by Burton, Richard F. & Charles F. Tyrwhitt Drake
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- Orig. cloth, front cover border fillets in black, frame interior rectangular designs also in black with back covers a design mir
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London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. cloth, front cover border fillets in black, frame interior rectangular designs also in black with back covers a design mirror, but in blind. Very good. 2 vols. 360 & 400 pages. 23 x 14 cm. Twenty-seven lithographed plates including the frontispieces, eleven are folding, plus large fold-out color map, and twenty-eight text illustrations. Index. Burton noted this work as a "pot-pourri" on "Unexplored Syria," containing articles by Burton Drake, Mrs. Burton and others -- rather than a continuous and smooth narrative -- compiled during sundry desert explorations Burton was Consul in Damascus from 1865-197, and Drake came to Syria under the auspices of the Palestine Exploration Society. PENZER 85-88. Scarce set in original cloth, interior contents clean, a few map folds reinforced with archival tape, light cover soiling, a few corners bumped, two small cloth puckers (approx. one by one inches) cover of Vol.I and back cover Vol.II.
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- Title
- Unexplored Syria Visits To The Libanus, The Tulel El Safa, The Anti-Libanus, The Northern Libanus, And The `Alah
- Author
- Burton, Richard F. & Charles F. Tyrwhitt Drake
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. cloth, front cover border fillets in black, frame interior rectangular designs also in black with back covers a design mir
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Tinsley Brothers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1872
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Middle East
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Middle East; Exploration;
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