Letters From The East
London: Henry Colburn, 1826. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxiii [i], 593 [1]pp. Original full calf with gilt ruling on covers and spine with gilt lettering on dark brown label of spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. Hand-colored frontispiece engraving of "Camp of Hasan, A Bedouin Chief". A portion of the work has appeared in the New Monthly Magazine. The letters from Greece are first printed. With appendix containing description of "Visit to Palmyra." Binding with some scuffing along edges of covers and covers, gilt ruling partially faded. Front free endpaper with small chip at top foredge corner. Some offsetting of frontispiece engraving to title page with short name inked to top. Block lightly age-toned. Good- to very good condition. Item #54742
Price: $500.00