BUCKINGHAM, James Silk.
Travels in Mesopotamia.
Including a journey from Aleppo to Bagdad, by the route of Beer, Orfah, Diarbekr, Mardin, & Mousul; with researches on the ruins of Nineveh, Babylon, and other ancient cities.
Stock Code
95512
London, Colburn, 1827
£1,650
Description
First octavo edition, 2 volumes, 8vo., xx, [ii], 479; vi, [ii], 538, 2(ads) pp., engraved folding map, folding lithographed plan and plate, 27 wood-engraved plates, lacks half-titles as often, occasional spotting, heavier to map and engraved plates, contemporary dark blue half calf, spines gilt, slightly rubbed.
Bibliography
Atabey 163 (this copy); cf. Blackmer 5 (4to. edition).
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