3 Volumes. First edition 1842. Fine bindings.
A magnificent set with 114 steel engraved plates,
7 hand-coloured plates and 3 maps.
It is extremely rare to find a copy with any
hand-coloured plates present.
Half-leather over red cloth.
Decorative gilt raised bands with gilt panel vignettes.
Contrasting morocco labels.
Mottled page-blocks.
Volume I.
[7], 80 pages.
Frontispiece portrait plate.
Title vignette.
34 full-page steel engraved plates.
Volume II.
76 pages.
Frontispiece plate.
Title vignette.
31 full-page steel engraved plates.
5 hand-coloured plates.
Volume III.
100, [4] pages.
Frontispiece plate.
Title vignette.
43 full-page steel engraved plates.
2 hand-coloured plates.
1 fold-out map.
2 full-page maps.
The author, John Carne, left England in 1821, and spent much
time traveling in Israel/Palestine as well as in Constantinople,
Greece, the Levant and Egypt. It is one of the few works of that
time to include what is present-day Lebanon.
Recorded shipping weight 3000g.
Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 28 x 22.5 cm
