Unexplored Syria: Visits to the Libanus, the Tulul el Safa, the Anti-L

BURTON (Richard F.) & TYRWHITT DRAKE (Charles F.).

Unexplored Syria: Visits to the Libanus, the Tulul el Safa, the Anti-Libanus, the Northern Libanus, and the 'Alah.

First edition. 2 vols. Both volumes with a frontispiece, one folding map (with tears and repairs), 11 folding plates, 14 full page plates, numerous in-text illustration. 8vo. Original cloth, very worn and dust soiled. Uniform light browning of paper stock, inner hinges of vol. 2 cracked. Bookplate to upper pastedown, both volumes, former owner’s pencil inscription to half title of vol. 1. xx, 360; xii, [1 blank], 400pp. London, Tinsley Brothers, 1872.

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BURTON (Richard F.) & TYRWHITT DRAKE (Charles F.).

Unexplored Syria: Visits to the Libanus, the Tulul el Safa, the Anti-Libanus, the Northern Libanus, and the 'Alah.

Blackmer 247: “First edition, first issue, distinguished by straight black lines on both sides, the lines on the upper cover enclosing black lettering. The second and third issues have wavy black lines on the covers. Burton was consul at Damascus from October, 1865 to August 1871. During that period Drake went to Syria as a representative of the Palestine Exploration Fund, but for some reason he left the Fund, and he and Burton continued the exploration of Syria and Lebanon on their own. This work is not a continuous narrative of their travels but consists of articles by Burton, Drake, Mrs. Burton, and others…”

Penzer pp. 85-88. The date in Penzer’s entry —1871—is a misprint for 1872; Casada, 68.

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