The American in Egypt, with Rambles Through Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land, during the Years 1839 and 1840

by James Ewing Cooley

$275 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

New York: D, Appleton & Company, 1843. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii, 610pp. Original spotted calf leather with gilt lettering on black label of spine. Frontispiece print with tissue guard. Illustrated with numerous steel engravings, some with tissue guards, and designs and etchings by Johnston. Witty and satirical account of New York State senator Cooley's trip to Egypt. Compilation from the notes taken on the spots during the author's wanderings in the Old

• Binding: Hardcover

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