Perry, Charles.

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

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Description

A View of the Levant: particularly of Constantinople, Syria, Egypt, and Greece. London: Printed for T. Woodward [and others], 1743

first edition, folio (366 x 225mm.), 20 engraved plates, 7 folding, contemporary calf, text slightly discoloured, binding somewhat rubbed, rebacked

Provenance

Sir John-Redmond Freke (d.1764), bookplate; Wilfrid Blunt 1946, pencil signature; E.M. Cox, book label

Literature

Atabey 940; Blackmer 1291; Hilmy II, p.108; Weber II, 523

Catalogue Note

From the library of the writer Wilfrid Blunt, author of many works, including A Persian Spring (1957), Isfahan, Pearl of Persia (1966), The Golden Road to Samarkand (1973), and Splendours of Islam (1976).