[Rarebooks] FS: Maundrell's A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem... First Printing 1703

[Ezra Tishman]

Ezra from Aardvark offers at this, the eleventh-hour, this scarce first edition of Henry Maundrell’s lovely little travel diary during 
his late seventeenth century pilgrimage. Maundrell was amongst the keenest of observers with a sharp eye for detail, and a sense
of humorous remove, as well.

Maundrell, Henry. A JOURNEY FROM ALEPPO TO JERUSALEM AT EASTER, A.D. 1697. Oxford, England: Printed
at the Theater, 1703. First Edition. Octavo, 7 1/2" x 4.75". Rebound black morocco over forest green. Four raised bands (five
compartments), with contrasting red spine label, ("Maundrell's Journey"),gilt lettering, which appears to be original to when
book was issued. Very light rubbing to extremities (corners and spinecaps). Past hinge repair, but holding firm. Early
signature of Thomas Vincent to front free endpaper. Nine plates of sites in/near Syria, five of them folding. Essentially
gleaned from Maundrell's travel diary of his Easter Pilgrimage in 1697. Chaplain to Aleppo. Quintessential religious travel
journal of the late fifteenth century. OCLC reports one copy worldwide, and this first edition of the book hasn't come to
auction in 45 years (since 1975). Very Good Plus. Leather-bound..

"[Maundrell] left Aleppo in February 1697 in a company of fifteen men. Their circuit took them across Syria to Latakia, down
the Syrian and Lebanese coasts as far as Acre, which they found in ruinous state save for a khan (caravanserai) occupied by
some French merchants, a mosque and a few poor cottages. Thence they proceeded inland to Jerusalem, where they attended
Latin rite Easter services at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. They returned to Aleppo via Damascus, Baalbek and Tripoli;
they arrived 18 May. The descriptions constantly referred to relevant passages in the Bible, encounters with greedy local
Ottoman officials at road blocks and checkpoints demanding payment of caphar and confirmed Maundrell in his distaste for
the local inhabitants.("The Journey of Henry Maundrell." Saudi Aramco World, July/August 1964.) Maundrell was an
observant reporter with a passion for precise detail: It is concise in contents, plain and attractive in style, and precise in its
natural exposition of facts, all of which make it interesting to read even to-day. When the diary, crammed with precise, factual
information, began to circulate among his friends they quickly realised that here at last was one of the first factual accounts of
the antiquities of the Middle East. Its impact was such that he was persuaded by his uncle and several of his acquaintances, to
prepare it for publication.... (Wikipedia, quoting Mohamad Ali Hachicho)					$1350


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