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Gadsby John

Mount Sinai and the Holy Land in 1864. IN WHOLLY UNRESTORED PUBLISHER'S BINDING

Alfred Gadsby, 1864

690.00 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1864
Author
Gadsby John
Publishers
Alfred Gadsby
Keyword
middle east, palestine, holy land, sinai, egypt, john gadsby, john gadsby, travel, exploration, middle east, mount, sinai, the, holy, land, 1864
Languages
English

Description

8vo., First Edition, with 4 engraved illustrations (2 full-page) and a full-page engraved map in the text; neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original brown cloth, boards elaborately framed and blocked in blind, upper board lettered in gilt, yellow endpapers, upper joint very lightly rubbed else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Vividly-written personal account of the author's journey from Marseilles through Palestine and Egypt in 1864. A MOST DESIRABLE COPY, IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL AND FRAGILE BINDING, OF A WORK FAR SCARCER THAN ITS PREDECESSOR 'MY WANDERINGS'. RARE.