Author: CURZON, Robert.
Title: Visits to monasteries in the Levant. 5th edition.
Description: London, John Murray, 1865.Original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With folding plan and many woodengravings. XXI,(1),367 pp.First published in 1849. - Curzon's (1810-73) well-known work, a valuable and entertaining account of his long sojourn in the Levant, beginning with his travels in 1833, and including his long period of diplomatic service with Stratford Canning in Constantinople. The plates in this work are after drawings by Preziosi (Atabey p.159). One of the most charming books of travel ever written (DNB). Curzon is one of the most interesing travellers of this period (Contominas p.102). Including chapter on Jerusalem and the monastery of St. Sabba.Blackmer Collection 436; Atabey Collection 301; Weber 415; Tobler p.155; Ibrahim-Hilmy p.151.
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Title: Visits to monasteries in the Levant. 5th edition.
Description: London, John Murray, 1865.Original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With folding plan and many woodengravings. XXI,(1),367 pp.First published in 1849. - Curzon's (1810-73) well-known work, a valuable and entertaining account of his long sojourn in the Levant, beginning with his travels in 1833, and including his long period of diplomatic service with Stratford Canning in Constantinople. The plates in this work are after drawings by Preziosi (Atabey p.159). One of the most charming books of travel ever written (DNB). Curzon is one of the most interesing travellers of this period (Contominas p.102). Including chapter on Jerusalem and the monastery of St. Sabba.Blackmer Collection 436; Atabey Collection 301; Weber 415; Tobler p.155; Ibrahim-Hilmy p.151.
Keywords: Albania Egypt Greece Israel
Price: EUR 302.50 = appr. US$ 328.77 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 35734
- Book number: 35734