[Rarebooks] FS: Maronite Christians in Syria, etc. w/map. London: 1736

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(TRAVEL) [Green, John]. A JOURNEY FROM ALEPPO TO DAMASCUS:  with a Description of Those Two Capital Cities, and the Neighbouring Parts of Syria. To Which Is Added, an Account of the Maronites Inhabiting Mount Libanus, &c. Collected from Their Own Historians. Also the Surprising Adventures and Tragical End of Mostafa, a Turk... The Whole Illustrated with Notes and a Map. London: Printed for W. Mears et al. 1736. First edition. (20),208pp. Plus (2)pp. publisher's ads. Copper engraved folding map. Attractive modern speckled calf, red calf spine label, over marbled boards (date stamped "1636" in error at foot of spine). Title page lightly soiled. Top outer corner of the final leaf of ads torn, affecting 1 word.	$1,250.00 (trade discount allowed)
"The Surprising Adventures of Mostafa, a Turk" (who married a Christian woman, and was killed by Maronite Christians) has its own title page.


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