Lot 4
  • 4

Addison, Charles Greenstreet

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • Damascus and Palmyra: A Journey to the East. London: Richard Bentley, 1838
  • Paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (220 x 135mm.), half titles, hand-coloured frontispieces and 18 plates after William Makepeace Thackeray, later three-quarter green morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, spine gilt in compartments, top edge gilt, spines somewhat discoloured, occasional spotting

Literature

Atabey 9; Blackmer 5; Weber I, 286

Catalogue Note

This work describes Addison's tour of the Levant, which began in Greece in April 1835. He reached Syria in October of the same year. The illustrations, lithographed by G.E. Madeley after drawings by Thackeray, show various types of dress and costume.