Damascus and Palmyra: a journey to the East. With a sketch of the state and prospects of Syria, under Ibrahim Pasha. By Charles G. Addison
- Title
- Damascus and Palmyra: a journey to the East. With a sketch of the state and prospects of Syria, under Ibrahim Pasha. By Charles G. Addison
- Published by
- London, R. Bentley, 1838.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
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| Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328 | FormatBook/Text | AccessRestricted use | Call numberArents S 1044 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328 |
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- Description
- 2 v. col. illus.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Call number
- Arents S 1044
- Note
- For variations see: Van Duzer: A Thackeray library, 47 /
- "The fondness of a Turk for his pipe is quite a passion ...": vol. 1, p. 160. "Pipe bazaar" in Constantinople: vol. 1, p. 197. "The nargilla, the favorite smoking apparatus of the Damascenes ...": vol. 2, p. 383-384. Numerous other references to tobacco. Front. to vol. 2 includes self-portrait of Thackeray smoking.
- With 10 hand-colored lithographs by Madeley, after W. M. Thackeray. This copy includes plate 7, "Sherbet seller," instead of 8, "The Bedouin sheikh," in vol. 2.
- In the original green cloth.
- Provenance: J. C. Dawkins (autograph); W. G. Dawkins (bookplate).
- Title
- Damascus and Palmyra: a journey to the East. With a sketch of the state and prospects of Syria, under Ibrahim Pasha. By Charles G. Addison
- Imprint
- London, R. Bentley, 1838.
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
- Research call number
- Arents S 1044