[Rarebooks] FS 1822_Burckhardt / Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1st Edition

[Levant Books]

Offering today:



Travels in Syria and the Holy Land by John Lewis Burckhardt. 

Published by John Murray. 1822, London. First edition, complete. 


It is illustrated with two foldout maps and 5 engraved plates, including a portrait frontispiece and 4 maps of various areas in the Levant, with many engravings within the text. Both front and rear covers are present but disbound. Spine is well-worn.The free front endpaper and half-title are missing.
Frontispiece, Title, Blank, Preface (i-xxiii), Errata, Contents, Directions, 1-668. 


Plates and text block are in very good condition. Plates and text are unmarked with no repairs. Some spotting on the frontispiece only.


According to one report the last copy at auction was in 1999 at Sotheby’s [London] for $4200.


$1050.-- postpaid in USA by Media Mail.

International shipping additional.


Subject to prior sale.

Thank you for looking

Robert AzziExeter NH603-264.6564