Picturesque Scenery in the Holy Land and Syria, delineated during the campaigns of 1799 and 1800
by Spilsbury, F. B. (Surgeon on HMS Le Tigre )
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for G.S. Tregear, 1823. Book. Illus. by 18 full page, hand-colored engravings. Near Fine. Full-Leather. 3rd Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The author was the surgeon of HMS Le Tigre and has produced lovely sketches of people and ports along the Palestine and Lebanese coasts. It was first produced in a folio version. Contemporary full morocco binding with a gilt scroll along the edges of both boards. Raised bands and elaborate gilt decoration on the spine. Gilt dentilles on the inside edges of both boards. Slight professional repairs to the spine ends and corners. All edges gilt. PAGES AND PLATES ARE CLEAN WITH NO FOXING OR BROWNING. THRE IS SLIGHT OFFSETTING FROM THE PLATES. W.Spark drew and engraved the plates from original sketches by Spilsbury. Blackmer 1585, Abbey Travel 381, Atabey 1168 (1803 first edition).
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- Bookseller
- Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 079733
- Title
- Picturesque Scenery in the Holy Land and Syria, delineated during the campaigns of 1799 and 1800
- Author
- Spilsbury, F. B. (Surgeon on HMS Le Tigre )
- Illustrator
- 18 full page, hand-colored engravings
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for G.S. Tregear
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1823
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Napoleonic Campaigns, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Le Tigre,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Palestine / Israel; Leatherbound;
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