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Rare and modern books

Cox, Samuel S.

Diversions of a Diplomat in Turkey

New York, Charles L. Webster & Co., 1887,

50.00 €

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(Roma, Italy)
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Author
Cox, Samuel S.
Publishers
New York, Charles L. Webster & Co., 1887
Keyword
Turchia Turkey Turquie
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

First edition. 8vo [23.5 x 16 cm];original cloth xix, 685 pp, fine engraved portrait frontis of author, numerous plates and illus from drwgs, including the two color plates (which were not present in later printings), fep inscribed in 1889. Contents: The Sultans, Compendium of Ottoman history, The upper Bosphorus, The Jews of Turkey, Turkish language and literature, Turkish wit and humour, The caiques of the Bosporus, Diversions in Pera, Scenes and diversions in Stamboul, ( Istanbul, Constantinople) Harem, Eunuchs, Slavery, Marriage of Moslems, minority groups, customs, the Balkans, Romania, Servia, Bulgaria, etc