Travel
CHURCHILL, Charles Henry
Mount Lebanon; a ten years' residence from 1842-52 describing the manners, customs, and religion of its inhabitants with a full & correct account of the Druse religion and containing historical records of the mountain tribes from personal intercourse with their chiefs and other authentic sources.
Saunders and Otley, London 1853. Second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo., illustrated with a large folding map and 6 lithographed plates,contemporary half calf, morocco lettering pieces, marbled boards, corners bumped, wear to edges and extremities, a very good set.
An important work, rare. - Blackmer. The work is not an account of Churchill's stay in the Lebanon but an amalgamation of information, partly based on a Maronite chronology. Blackmer 353 (3rd edition); Atabey 247 (3rd edition, defective)
Price: £ 1800
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Stock Number: 56274