Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland

2 volumes. A very early edition and printing. With a folding map of the route and with small engravings throughout. 8vo, publisher?s original brown cloth, the covers decorated in blind, lettered in gilt on the spines. 268; 275 pp. A very well preserved set, the early publisher?s cloth bindings in excellent state, and quite fresh with the gilt well-preserved and only a bit of edge wear at the spine tips and extremities, bright and unfaded. Internally, this is a set that is far better than typical, with only occasional and very mild foxing typical to American paper of the period, and this largely confined to the prelims and endpapers. A quite pleasing set.

Edizione: scarce, especially so in this condition. the companion work to stephen?s travels in egypt and the holy land, and a much better copy then one normally sees of this title typically prone to heavy foxing. stephen?s was an american lawyer who originally began traveling due to his health but become one of the foremost american explorers of his time. he was a pivotal figure in the rediscovery of the mayan civilization. <br> ?his wandering spirit mellowing his analytic eye, john l. stephens is the best kind of guide. whether describing the richness of a seraglio in turkey or the drama of a gambling hall in russia, the congenial and charismatic style of his narrative-with its hearty doses of humor-is warming, while the enthusiastic accounts of treks, discoveries, and friends made utterly engages. add to this stephens' conscientious inclusion of historical, sociopolitical, anthropological, and sometimes mythological, context, and incidents of travel in greece, turkey, russia, and poland becomes the next best thing to being there. american traveler, diplomat, and author john lloyd stephens topped off an academic youth by exploring the world, eventually distinguishing himself in such endeavors as playing a primary role in the building of the panama railroad, and producing the era's preeminent record of mesoamerican culture in his work incidents of travel in central america, chiapas and yucatan.? - early editorial review.