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Rare and modern books

Locher, A

The Star and Crescent A full and authentic account of a recent journey with a caravan from Bombay to Constantinople, comprising a description of the country, the people, and interesting adventures with the Natives

Aetna Publishing Company, Philadelphia, 1890,

280.00 €

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(Roma, Italy)

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Author
Locher, A
Publishers
Aetna Publishing Company, Philadelphia, 1890
Keyword
Turchia Turkey Turquie
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

20x13 cm, original brown cloth gilt & dec, 634pp, b&w engravings, Frontispiece and fourteen other plates. 1st ed. Owner's name on enpapers, wear to spine ends and corners, but still a good to very good copy overall. Uncommon. Bombay to Muscat, Bagdad, Turkey, the Gulf to El Kerweik, Baghdad, west to Nisibin, Mount Mardin, Diabekir, Aleppo, and then on to Constantinople. Locher travelled in the caravan of the French attachÈ who intended to purchase Arab horses for Napoleon III.