Badger, George Percy

FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (215 x 130mm.), (vol.1) [vi], [v]-xxiv, [ii errata], 448pp.; (vol.2) [iv], [iii]-xiv, [ii errata], 426pp., half-titles, 2 lithographed maps printed on waxed linen, 17 plates [15 lithographed, 2 wood-engraved], illustrations in text, contemporary calf gilt, green and red labels, marbled endpapers, a few plates and adjacent leaves spotted

Nathaniel Milne, inscription dated 1865; William Walcot Stewart, armorial bookplate

A fine copy
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

George Badger, East India Company chaplain and Arabist, was sent by William Howley, archbishop of Canterbury, as delegate to the Eastern Churches, and more especially the Nestorians of Kurdistan in 1842 and again in 1850. Apart from his travels in Kurdistan the work contains accounts of visits to Antioch and the Black Sea. The Nestorians exercised a fascination for Anglicans in the nineteenth century from their having been virtually isolated from the rest of Christendom since the fifth century.