Eothen [ or Traces of Travel brought Home from the East]
by [Kinglake, Alexander William] (1809-1891)
- Used
- Condition
- Bound in modern three quarters brown mottled polished calf and marbled boards, maroon title label, with the original green cloth
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About This Item
London: John Ollivier, 59, Pall Mall, 1845. Third Edition. Folding hand coloured frontispiece WITHOUT second plate. viii, [i], 424pp. 8vo. Bound in modern three quarters brown mottled polished calf and marbled boards, maroon title label, with the original green cloth upper cover with gilt stamped vignette tipped in at the back. Third Edition. Folding hand coloured frontispiece WITHOUT second plate. viii, [i], 424pp. 8vo. "In August 1834, Kinglake set out on an eighteen-month odyssey through Europe and the Ottoman empire. After encountering plague in Constantinople, he travelled to Smyrna, Cyprus, Beirut, the Holy Land, and Jerusalem, before crossing the Sinai Desert to Cairo. Following three weeks in Egypt, he returned north through Damascus and Asia Minor then via Athens, Corfu, Rome, and Turin to London. On 5 May 1837, Kinglake was called to the bar but...continued to travel, visiting Switzerland in 1843, and the following year Eothen, his account of the 1834-5 Turkish adventures, was published and included two of his own watercolours" (ODNB). Abbey, Travel 362; Kalfatovic, 0334; Blackmer 911; Ibrahim-Hilmy I 342; Tobler p. 157
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 317113
- Title
- Eothen [ or Traces of Travel brought Home from the East]
- Author
- [Kinglake, Alexander William] (1809-1891)
- Format/Binding
- Folding hand coloured frontispiece WITHOUT second plate. viii, [i], 424pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Bound in modern three quarters brown mottled polished calf and marbled boards, maroon title label, with the original green cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- John Ollivier, 59, Pall Mall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1845
- Keywords
- British | Turkey
- Bookseller catalogs
- History, Travel & Geography; Sets & Fine Bindings;
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