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Durbin, John P.

Observations in the East, Chiefly in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor

1860

118.44 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1860
Place of printing
New York. Harper & Brothers, Publishers
Author
Durbin, John P.
Keyword
Travel - Asia Middle East
Languages
English

Description

small 8vo [19 x 12 cm]; 2 volumes, xi, 347; x, 299 pp, 2 folding maps as frontis's, 4 other maps including double-page, folding, 3 plans, 17 fine engraved plates, other illustrations including full-page, table. original green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, library blind-stamp on titles, ink number on verso titles, no other marks, covers lightly rubbed at edge, a very good and very clean solid set, plates bright, with tissue guards. A picture of this book is ava Based on the author's extensive travels in the region. Tobler p. 168. Blackmer Catalogue 561: "Durbin was a Methodist preacher and missionary of some renown." The first edition was 1845. The plates are from drawings by Bartlett, Allom, Bernatz, Fitzen, Roberts. There is a double-page plan of Jerusalem.

Edizione: tenth edition.