Richard Francis Burton

A first edition set of Unexplored Syria.

• Sold as a set of 2 volumes.
• Richard Francis Burton (English).
• Charles F. Tyrwhitt Drake (English).
• Unexplored Syria: Visits To The Libanus, The Tulul El Safa, The Anti-libanus, The Northern Libanus, And The 'Alah.
• London: Tinsley, 1872.
• Octavo.
• 360, 400 pages.
• Two lithographed frontispieces, folding map (repaired at fold), 25 lithographed plates, 11 folding, including 10 calligraphic plates lithographed in brown.
• Bound in contemporary half calf gilt, marbled sides and edges, red and green morocco labels.

Burton was Consul at Damascus from 1865-1871. During that period, Tyrwhitt Drake went to Syria as a representative of the Palestine Exploration Fund, but for some reason he left the Fund, and he and Burton continued the exploration of Syria and Lebanon on their own. This work is not a continuous narrative of their travels but consists of articles by Burton, Tyrwhitt Drake, Isabel Burton and others. The plates include shells, plants and Burton's collection of anthropological materials from the Holy Land (skulls, etc.). The text contains catalogues of these materials.