Cairo, Petra, and Damascus, in 1839. With Remarks on the Government of Mehemet Ali, and on the Present Prospects of Syria

by John G. Kinnear

$950 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

London: John Murray, 1841. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xi, 348pp. Original three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering on dark brown leather label, and gilt ruling and tooling on spine. Speckled edges. Rare edition dedicated to David Roberts. Small errata slip bound in. The object of my visit to the Levant was entirely mercantile. Circumstances, unforeseen before my arrival at Alexandria,

• Binding: Hardcover

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