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Livres anciens et modernes

Warburton, Eliot

The Crescent and the Cross, or Romances and Realities of Eastern Travel

New York George P. Putnam 1848,

150,00 €

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Détails

Auteur
Warburton, Eliot
Éditeurs
New York George P. Putnam 1848
Thème
Turchia Turkey Turquie
Description
H
Jaquette
Non
Etat de conservation
En bonne condition
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Dédicacée
Non
Premiére Edition
Non

Description

. Ex-library. o/w clean.Solid. xiv, 242,12 pp. original decor. blind-stamped cloth. Binding tight. Mid-19th century travel to Egypt, Ethiopia, Nubia, Thebes, the Levant (Lebanon, Syria), Israel (Jaffa, Judea, Jerusalem, Bethlehem), the Dead Sea, Damascus, Constantinople, Greece, Ionian Islands, etc. The appendix includes chapters on the natural history of Egypt, hints to travellers, the early Arabs (Bedouin life), the mountain tribes (Emir Bescheer, Maronites, Druses, etc.), and on the government of Corfu. Includes discussions of Moslems, the harem, fellahs, Copts, and the antiquities brought to Britain. Originally published in London (1845) in two vols. with 15 illustrations. This new American edition combines the two vols. into one and has no illustrations.