Travels in Turkey, Asia-Minor, Syria, and Across the Desert into Egypt, During the Years 1799, 1800, and 1801, in Company with the Turkish Army, and the British Military Mission
by Wittman, William
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
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About This Item
Philadelphia: James Humphreys. Good+. 1804. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover (Full Leather). Moderate foxing, owner label and name on pencil on front pastedown, boards nearly detached, heavy rubbing to spine and boards, including loss of spine titles, loss at spine ends. ; Full calf. First US edition, without plates and maps as issued in true 1803 edition. Wittman was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, and here describes weather and diseases in Turkey while traveling with the Turkish and British armies. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 432 pages .
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- Title
- Travels in Turkey, Asia-Minor, Syria, and Across the Desert into Egypt, During the Years 1799, 1800, and 1801, in Company with the Turkish Army, and the British Military Mission
- Author
- Wittman, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First US Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Humphreys
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1804
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