1879, ISBN: 83277741663a825ffc5dfe37572f9484

Coimbra, Universidade de Coimbra, 1877.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, early- to mid-twentieth-century quarter sheep over decorated boards (slight wear to edges of boards), spine ric… Altro …

Coimbra, Universidade de Coimbra, 1877.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, early- to mid-twentieth-century quarter sheep over decorated boards (slight wear to edges of boards), spine richly gilt with raised bands in five compartments, two burgundy morocco lettering pieces, original peach-colored printed wrappers bound in (browned). Wrappers with light waterstains and minor soiling. Overall in very good condition. 87 pp., (1 l., 1 blank l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The emphasis is on the holy places in Jerusalem, but the author also visited Alexandria, Beirut, Bethlehem, Acre, Cyprus, Rhodes, Smyrna, Thessalonica, Trieste, Verona and Munich.*** Innocêncio XXII, 362. Porbase locates two copies, both in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Not located in Jisc. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the copies cited by Porbase. Not located in NUC., Coimbra, Universidade de Coimbra, 1877., 0, London: William Mullan and Son, 1879. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. frontis map, illustrations, viii, 488p. Recent 1/2 buckram (marbled boards backed in buckram with matching buckram corners). 21cm. Minor foxing (mostly on a few pages at beginning and end of book). Lacks folding map which should face page 1. Burton left for India with her husband Richard in December, 1875 and returned to Trieste in June 1876. Her account is almost entirely devoted to the time spent in India with much shorter accounts of the voyages to and from, including an interesting chapter on a stop at Jeddah on the way to India. Portions of this book are generally thought to have been written by her husband., William Mullan and Son, 1879, 2.5<

1879, ISBN: 83277741663a825ffc5dfe37572f9484

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London and Belfast: William Mullan and Son, 1879. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, complete and in Very Good condition. … Altro …

London and Belfast: William Mullan and Son, 1879. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, complete and in Very Good condition. In the original pictorial gilt silver cloth, bevelled edges, corners rubbed. Re-spined, original laid down, gilt and silver tooling & titles. Internally, half title, frontis (with guard), [7], (viii) only, 488 pp, 12 pls, 2 maps (both coloured, 1 folding), 2 illustrations within text, 1 pl with small ink mark, new to style endpapers, printed by Hazell, Watson, and Vinney, London and Aylesbury, edges uncut, with the stamped dedication. (219*142 mm). Lady Isabel Burton was a distinguished nineteenth-century traveller, writer and critic. She and her husband Richard explored the Middle East, India, Africa and South America extensively during his diplomatic placements and for their own pleasure. Individually and collaboratively they produced several exquisitely detailed travelogues, recording custom, culture, politics and geography. This account of their travels, first published in 1879, details the Burtons' leisurely route to India through Europe before crossing the Mediterranean and continuing south through Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula. This skilful and humorous narrative brings the places and people to life through personal anecdotes, observations and colourful description. Burton's political and historical comments on the lands she travels through are reasoned, well-researched and afford valuable insight into public opinion and world affairs at this time., William Mullan and Son, 1879, 3<

1879, ISBN: 83277741663a825ffc5dfe37572f9484

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Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: William Mullan and Son, London and Belfast], ARABIA INDIA EGYPT TRAVEL HISTORY EXPLORATION, First edition, complete and in Very Good condition. In the … Altro …

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: William Mullan and Son, London and Belfast], ARABIA INDIA EGYPT TRAVEL HISTORY EXPLORATION, First edition, complete and in Very Good condition. In the original pictorial gilt silver cloth, bevelled edges, corners rubbed. Re-spined, original laid down, gilt and silver tooling & titles. Internally, half title, frontis (with guard), [7], (viii) only, 488 pp, 12 pls, 2 maps (both coloured, 1 folding), 2 illustrations within text, 1 pl with small ink mark, new to style endpapers, printed by Hazell, Watson, and Vinney, London and Aylesbury, edges uncut, with the stamped dedication. (219*142 mm). Lady Isabel Burton was a distinguished nineteenth-century traveller, writer and critic. She and her husband Richard explored the Middle East, India, Africa and South America extensively during his diplomatic placements and for their own pleasure. Individually and collaboratively they produced several exquisitely detailed travelogues, recording custom, culture, politics and geography. This account of their travels, first published in 1879, details the Burtons' leisurely route to India through Europe before crossing the Mediterranean and continuing south through Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula. This skilful and humorous narrative brings the places and people to life through personal anecdotes, observations and colourful description. Burton's political and historical comments on the lands she travels through are reasoned, well-researched and afford valuable insight into public opinion and world affairs at this time., Books<

1879, ISBN: 83277741663a825ffc5dfe37572f9484

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Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 41.8], [PU: William Mullan and Son, London], 8vo. [7], viii, 488, [1], 2-16 pages of publisher's advertisements, advertisements are illustrated with be… Altro …

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 41.8], [PU: William Mullan and Son, London], 8vo. [7], viii, 488, [1], 2-16 pages of publisher's advertisements, advertisements are illustrated with beautiful black and white wood engravings. Brown cloth with lettering and decorations stamped in silver and gold on the front board and spine. Illustrated with a color lithograph map as the frontispiece, a fold-out map, and twelve additional black and white plates. This is Lady Burton's travel narrative of her trip with her husband (R.F. Burton) through France and Italy to Egypt and the Middle East, and onward to India. She records their daily activities, what they ate and saw, and who they spoke to along the way. Lady Burton also reflects upon the diseases of the time, and the concern she had contracting cholera and small pox in the different parts of the world that she toured. Difficult to find in the original cloth. A Very Good book with traces of wear and rubbing to the extremities, especially to the corners and to the crown of the spine; fold-out map has two tiny closed tears.<