1 Volume. Later edition 1823.
Half-leather over maroon cloth.
Gilt lineal borders.
5 gilt raised bands with gilt titles.
Gilt panel vignettes.
Gilt top page-block.
Decorative gilt endpapers.
viii, 70 pages.
Hand-coloured frontispiece plate.
18 full-page hand-coloured plates.
Sporadic foxing.
English naval surgeon Francis B. Spilsbury's account of his travels
in the Holy Land and Syria during the Napoleonic campaigns there.
Spilsbury was surgeon on board the newly commissioned HMS Tigre
(French prize Tigre 74) during the campaigns of 1799 and 1800. The
Tigre brought Sir William Sidney Smith to defend Acre against Napoleon's
siege, and led a naval force in support of Turkish armies which finally
relieved Acre, and his text gives some account of the military campaigns
and the Turkish dignitaries. In his reminiscences Napoleon accused Smith
of making him miss his destiny, as Smith's timely appearance thwarted
Napoleon's drive to invade Syria and forced him to retreat to Egypt.
(Blackmer, 1585).
Recorded shipping weight 1500g.
Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 28.5 x 22 cm
