BURCKHARDT, Johann Ludwig (1784-1817). Travels in Syria and the Holy Land. London: John Murray, 1822.
BURCKHARDT, Johann Ludwig (1784-1817). Travels in Syria and the Holy Land. London: John Murray, 1822.
4to (275 x 213 mm). With lithographed portrait, folding engraved frontispiece route map, and 5 maps and charts (1 folding). (Lacking half-title; some slight browning overall.) Modern half calf gilt. Provenance THeodore Lyman (signature dated 1899).FIRST EDITION. "Edited by William Leake, these journals describe Burckhardt's various journeys between 1810 and 1816. It was at Aleppo that he studied Arabic in preparation for his later travels and he toured Syria and the Holy Land making the first visit by a European to Petra" (Blackmer). Atabey 166; Blackmer 237; Weber I, 107
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BURCKHARDT, Johann Ludwig (1784-1817). Travels in Syria and the Holy Land. London: John Murray, 1822.
4to (275 x 213 mm). With lithographed portrait, folding engraved frontispiece route map, and 5 maps and charts (1 folding). (Lacking half-title; some slight browning overall.) Modern half calf gilt. Provenance THeodore Lyman (signature dated 1899).FIRST EDITION. "Edited by William Leake, these journals describe Burckhardt's various journeys between 1810 and 1816. It was at Aleppo that he studied Arabic in preparation for his later travels and he toured Syria and the Holy Land making the first visit by a European to Petra" (Blackmer). Atabey 166; Blackmer 237; Weber I, 107
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