Lot 797
  • 797

Lyde, Samuel

Estimate
700 - 1,000 GBP
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Description

  • The Ansyreeh and Ismaeleeh: a Visit to the Secret Sects of Northern Syria. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1853
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (197 x 120mm.), x, 308, [ii] pp., errata slip, 24pp. adverts, original blindstamped dark green cloth, yellow endpapers, slipcase

Provenance

W. Priestley, Lightcliffe, armorial bookplate

Condition

A fine copy
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Catalogue Note

Rare at auction.