Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia, with notes on Russia, Koords, Toorkomans, Nestorians, Khiva, and Persia

by Mary Leonora Sheil, Lady

$2,450 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

First edition

London: John Murray, 1856. First edition. Octavo. Original publisher's green blindstamped cloth gilt with Persian-style oval device to upper cover. Frontispiece and 6 tissue-guarded plates; xii, 402 pp; leaf size 199 x 120 mm. Contemporary ink inscription Grace Grace to front blank, a little foxing to preliminary and rear leaves, hinges a little tender but holding firm, binding a little marked

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