SOUVENIRS, IMPRESSIONS, PENSÉES ET PAYSAGES, PENDANT' UN VOYAGE EN ORIENT. Tomes Premier, Second, Troisième, Quatrième [bound in two volumes].

LAMARTINE, ALPHONSE DE.

Verlag: Société Belge de Librairie, Etc. Hauman et Compie., Bruxelles, 1838

Beschreibung

FOUR VOLUMES BOUND IN TWO. 4.5 x 6.25 inches. Tome Premier, 501 pp.; Tome Second, 366 pp.; Tome Troisième, 41 pp.; Tome Quatrième, 303 pp. Bound in original diced brown morocco with decorative borders enclosing roundels on boards; spine in compartments with raised bands, blind stamped rules and gilt titles. Marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. Light wear to extremities but otherwise a very good set. 1876 signature on second free endpapers. Illustrated by 2 engraved folding map and by folding table at end of Tome 4. Belgian edition of an account of travels in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine by Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869), French writer, poet and politician, who was instrumental in the founding of the Second Republic in 1848. This popular title was first. published in Paris and London in 1835 and subsequently appeared in many later editions. Following the map are names, in Arabic and French and statistics of the tribes and their leaders. TRAVEL MIDDLE EAST TRAVEL TOPOGRAPHY MIDDLE EAST 19TH CENTURY FOLDING MAPS TRAVEL. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 24478

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Titel: SOUVENIRS, IMPRESSIONS, PENSÉES ET PAYSAGES,...

Verlag: Société Belge de Librairie, Etc. Hauman et Compie., Bruxelles

Erscheinungsdatum: 1838