[Rarebooks] FS: Mariti: Travels through Cyprus, Syria and Palestine

[Kaaterskill Books]

We offer for Sale:

Mariti, Giovanni (Abbe). TRAVELS THROUGH CYPRUS, SYRIA, AND 
PALESTINE: WITH A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE LEVANT. Dublin: Printed for 
Messrs. P. Byrne, A. Gruber, J. Moore, W. Jones, and J. Rice, 1792. 
xxvi, 446; xi, 456 pp. 8vo. (21 cm). Full modern red morocco, five 
raised bands, six compartments, three with gilt titles, three with 
decorations, fore corners and turn-ins decorated in gilt, top edge 
gilt. Atabey 771. Cobham- Jeffrey, p. 37. See Blackmer 1079. 
Goldsmiths'-Kress 15075.1. First Irish edition. Pirated edition 
according to Atabey. Half-title in Volume 2 only (as usual). 
Translation of Viaggi per l'isola di Cipro e per la Soria e Palestina 
(Lucca, Firenze, 1769-76).

Mariti lived on Cyprus for seven years and travelled in the Levant 
from 1760 to 1768. He became an honorary vice-consul for the British 
on Cyprus. There are a number of chapters on wine and wine making in 
Cyprus derived from Mariti's Del Vino di Cipro (1772). Provenance: 
early signature of Robert Campbell on title page and head of first 
chapter of each volume. A fine binding with scattered foxing to 
contents. A beautiful set.  [33787] $2850.00

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