Lot 132
  • 132

Bishop, Isabella Lucy Bird

Estimate
400 - 600 GBP
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Description

  • Bishop, Isabella Lucy Bird
  • Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan. London: John Murray, 1891
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo, (vol.1) xiv, 382pp., [ii pp. adverts]; (vol.2) [vi], 410pp., half-title, 2 folding maps, 13 plates, original decorated pale blue cloth, pale patterned endpapers, slipcase

Provenance

Earl of Derby, armorial bookplate; William Goût, book label; Edward Faridany, book label

Literature

Wilson p.23; Ghani p.42

Condition

A very good copy
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Catalogue Note

Isabella Bishop was the first woman to address a meeting at the Royal Geographical Society. The work is in the form of letters, the first three being addressed from Basra, Baghdad and Yakobiyeh (in Turkey).