Travels in Europe, Asia Minor, and Arabia.

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Holland House copy Griffiths travelled out to Constantinople with the philosopher and social reformer Jeremy Bentham in 1785, before going on to travel in the Levant disguised as a Greek. He was joined on his journey by David Hays who died on the journey, and this event is depicted in a folding plate. Griffiths records his travels through Constantinople, Scutari, Mytelene, Chios, Smyrna, Aleppo, Basrah, and down the Persian Gulf to Muscat. First edition, 4to, xx, 396pp., half-title, engraved frontispiece, large folding map, 4 engraved plates, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, rebacked to style, red morocco lettering-piece, a very good copy. Atabey 530; Blackmer 755.

• Binding: Hardcover

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