Lot 41
  • 41

Buckingham, James Silk

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • Travels in Palestine, through the Countries of Bashan and Gilead, East of the River Jordan. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821
  • Paper
FIRST EDITION, 4to (289 x 217mm.), portrait frontispiece, folding map, 7 plates, illustrations, original boards, plates and map spotted, boards worn and repaired at head and foot of spine, spine label a little chipped

Provenance

Glasgow Philosophical Society, library stamp on preliminary blank, title page and dedication leaf

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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Catalogue Note

Travels in Palestine describes the first part of Buckingham's voyage overland from Egypt to India in 1816-1817 via Palestine, Syria and Mesopotamia.