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Parsons, Abraham.
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description
- Travels in Asia and Africa; including a journey from Scanderoon to Aleppo, and over the desert to Bagdad and Bussora; a voyage from Bussora to Bombay... from Bombay to Mocha and Suez in the Red Sea; and a journey from Suez to Cairo and Rosetta. London: Longman, Hurst [&c.], 1808
4to (258 x 205mm.), 2 aquatint plates of Baghdad and Antioch, contemporary calf, slightly spotted and browned, binding worn, upper cover detached
Provenance
sir thomas phillipps, with library shelf mark and 'MHC'
Literature
Atabey 927; Abbey, Travel 348; Macro, Yemen 630; Macro, Arabia 1737
Catalogue Note
''Uncommon'' (Atabey). Parsons' detailed journal, which was published posthumously, includes accounts of the merchants and commerce of the places he visited, including Bahrein, Muscat, Mocha and Jeddah and the importance of the latter as the port for Mekkah. Whilst in Cairo Parsons witnessed the grand procession of pilgrims bound for Mekkah which he recounts in great detail.
Although Atabey records an edition of 1802 (probably copying Röhricht), this is almost certainly an error. The British Library contains no such edition and preface to the work is dated 1808. This is therefore probably the first edition.