The Natural History of Aleppo, and Parts Adjacent. Containing a Descri

RUSSELL (Alexander).

The Natural History of Aleppo, and Parts Adjacent. Containing a Description of the City, and the Principal Natural Productions in its Neighbourhood; Together with An Account of the Climate, Inhabitants, and Diseases; particularly of the Plague, with the M

First edition. 17 folding engraved plates, most depicting the flora and fauna of the region. 4to. Contemporary full calf, rebacked. Marginal damp staining throughout. Bookplate to upper pastedown and ffep. viii, 266, [x, index and errata] pp. London, A. Millar, 1856 but, 1756.

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RUSSELL (Alexander).

The Natural History of Aleppo, and Parts Adjacent. Containing a Description of the City, and the Principal Natural Productions in its Neighbourhood; Together with An Account of the Climate, Inhabitants, and Diseases; particularly of the Plague, with the M

The rare and complete first edition.

Blackmer 1458 (citing the second edition of 1794): “Alexander Russell was physician to the British Factory in Aleppo from 1740 to 1753. He learned to speak Arabic fluently and gained great influence with the Pasha and the natives. His work on Aleppo is fascinating, ‘one of the most complete pictures of Eastern manners extant’ according to Pinkerton in his Travels. Russell returned to London in 1755, and the next year saw the first edition of his work. He had been joined at Aleppo in 1750 by his brother Patrick who eventually took over as physician to the factory. Patrick Russell revised and enlarged the original work… The illustrations in this work are very handsome; the botanical plates are by G.D. Ehret; the unsigned animal plates are presumed to be by Russell himself.”

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