The narrative of an artist’s journey through Northern Syria and Kurdistan, by the Tigris to Mosul and Baghdad, and of a return journey across the desert by the Euphrates and Palmyra to Damascus, over the Anti-Lebanon to Baalbek and to Beyrout.
First edition. 2 vols. A total of 38 fine copper-engraved illustrations by the author, both full page and in the text, and a double-page map. Large 4to. Publisher’s vellum, title printed in gilt with red roundel on the upper boards, headcap and spine of the first volume chipped, smudges to boards. Foxed. Bookplate to upper pastedown, both volumes, occasional pencil annotations and some ephemera relating to the former owner loosely inserted. [12], 122, [2, publisher’s advertisements]; [6], 128, [2, publisher’s advertisements] pp. London, Field & Tuer; New York, Scribner & Welford, 1881.
Number 13 of 25 copies signed by the author.
