Item #30368 The inner life of Syria, Palestine, and the Holy Land. Isabel Burton.
The inner life of Syria, Palestine, and the Holy Land
The inner life of Syria, Palestine, and the Holy Land

The inner life of Syria, Palestine, and the Holy Land

London: Henry S. King & Co., 1875. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, pp. x, 376; [6], 340, [1], [3] ads; 2 mounted photographic frontispieces (one of the author, one of Richard Burton), 2 chromolithographs and a folding map; errata slip tipped in at p. 1 of volume II; original gray cloth stamped in gilt on upper covers and spines; tops of both spines cracked at the top with slight loss, crack in cloth along rear joint of volume I, prelims a bit foxed; all else very good and sound. Blackmer 246; Blackmer Sale 1177: "Lady Isabel Burton, devoted wife of Sir Richard Francis, was encouraged to write by him, having gone to meet him at Damascus in 1869. She describes her impressions and experiences in Syria, the Lebanon and Anti-Lebon, and in particular a pilgriimage to Jerusalem." Item #30368

Price: $2,000.00

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