A Summer Ramble in Syria, two volume first edition, 1835

Vere Monro

Published by Richard Bentley, 1835

About this Item

A Summer Ramble in Syria, with a Tartar Trip from Aleppo to Stamboul, by the Rev Vere Monro. Two volumes. Richard Bentley, London, 1835. First edition, in a very handsome dark-blue three quarter rebinding with dark blue marbled endpapers. Two lithographed frontispieces. A very good-looking set of a hard-to-find early 19th century travel narrative which explores the region in typical fashion: 'At night the camp was illuminated by large wood fires; and a bituminous substance secured in small cages or beacons formed of iron hoops, stuck upon poles, threw a brilliant light upon the surrounding objects. This is that bitumen from the hills bordering the Dead Sea, which Maundrel describes as smelling insufferable when burnt, and of which P. Quersemio says the pilgrims made their fires, calling it 'the Stones of Sodom'. In the course of the night the dry grass of the plain caught fire, and many acres were blazing at one time: the wind fortunately blew from camp. No efforts were made to arrest its progress; but the Arabs took advantage of it to burn the points of their fresh-cut neboots, by which they were hardened and rendered more serviceable weapons. ' Lithograph frontispiece to each volume foxed; other pages clean, with marginal pencilling (erasable) in the first volume; name in pen to title page in each volume (Frederick Barne, Leamington, March 23, 1880). 0.5cm closed-edge tear to bottom edge of frontispiece to second volume; small chip to the fore-edge of half-title page of first volume. This is a heavy two-volume set; please contact me if purchasing outside the United Kingdom for a postage quote, many thanks. Seller Inventory # ABE-1660137731426

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Summer Ramble in Syria, two volume first ...

Publisher: Richard Bentley

Publication Date: 1835

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition