Estourmel (Joseph, comte d'). Journal d'un voyage en orient, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: Crapelet, 1844, viii 338, [4] 566 [1], half-titles, errata leaf, 158 tinted lithographic plates, 2 lithographic plans (folding), variable spotting and browning, volume 1 pp. 135-8 loose, volume 2 partly unopened, original white paper boards printed in gilt and blue, slightly dust-soiled, superficial wear to spine of volume 1 and a few other areas, large 8vo (Qty: 2) Atabey 408; Blackmer 557. 'This is a most interesting work, not only because of the many plates, which illustrate sites in Greece, Smyrna, the Holy Land and Egypt, and the detailed account Estourmel gives of his travels, but also because of the many contacts he had with travellers on the way' (Blackmer). The penultimate chapter describes the author's stay in Malta. The second edition (1848) was published without plates.
Estourmel (Joseph, comte d'). Journal d'un voyage en orient, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: Crapelet, 1844, viii 338, [4] 566 [1], half-titles, errata leaf, 158 tinted lithographic plates, 2 lithographic plans (folding), variable spotting and browning, volume 1 pp. 135-8 loose, volume 2 partly unopened, original white paper boards printed in gilt and blue, slightly dust-soiled, superficial wear to spine of volume 1 and a few other areas, large 8vo (Qty: 2) Atabey 408; Blackmer 557. 'This is a most interesting work, not only because of the many plates, which illustrate sites in Greece, Smyrna, the Holy Land and Egypt, and the detailed account Estourmel gives of his travels, but also because of the many contacts he had with travellers on the way' (Blackmer). The penultimate chapter describes the author's stay in Malta. The second edition (1848) was published without plates.
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