By Griffiths, Julius M.D.

London, Cadell, 1805. First Edition. 4to – 27.1 cm. [xix], (1), 396 pp quarto, large fold-out engraved map, portrait frontispiece, 2 extending steel-engraved plates and 2 engraved plates, half-title and errata page present. Old oval stamp removed from title page and present on last page of text. Three-quarter calf and lavender textured cloth, spine with five raised bands and dark-brown morocco label with bright gilt title. Some browning due to paper, but well preserved in Very Good and Complete condition.

Dedicated to the travel writer Elizabeth Craven (Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, formerly wife of the Earl of Berkeley, and friend of Horace Walpole). Griffiths travelled the Orient in 1785 in Greek disguise. His journey took him via Constantinople and Chios, Smyrna, Sardis, Konia, and Taurus to Syria, Antioch, and Aleppo. In Mascat, Oman. He provides a personal account of an oriental dance (“nautch”). – Atabey 530. Gay 3573. Graesse III, 155.

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