Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Holy Land, Mount Libanon, and Cyprus in the Year 1814.
By Henry Light, Captain of the Royal Artillery.
Author
Light, Henry
Place of Publication
London
Publication Name
Rodwell and Martin
Year
1818
Language(s)
English
Description
RARE description of the Middle East from the beginning of 20th-century. 215x280mm. XVI+279 pages. Brown half-leather Hardcover rebound with part of original spine. Includes numerous illustrations, as well as two fold-outs (one frontispiece with a view on mount of olives, one scroll). Cover edges stained. Cover corners and spine edges slightly bumped. Ex-libris stamp (Malta Garrison library) on title page and frontispiece verso. First three pages wrinkled. Frontispiece worn, age-stained and wrinkled, left edge water-stained, upper edge taped, bottom corner slightly tattered and taped. Pages yellowing and wavy, some pages age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book has been carefully repaired by previous owners, and is still in good reading condition. We offer it for a reduced price due to its accumulated age-damage.