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FOSTER, SIR WILLIAM The Travels of John Sanderson in the Levant 1584-1602, with his Autobiography and Selections from his Correspondence
London. The Hakluyt Society, 1931. First edition. 8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; xliv, 322 pp, frontis is reproduction title page of original manuscript, plates, portraits, maps including folding showing route, bibliog, index. orig blind-stamped cloth, gilt vignette on covers, gilt spine title lettering, stain at edge of blank endpaper, covers bright, near fine in very good dj (light wear at spine head, stain at edge). ¶ Foster provides an extensive and detailed introduction and historical perspective of this journey that includes Constantinople, across Turkey, Holy Land, across Europe, etc. The appendices include a note on the coins of Turkey, the death of Edward Barton and John Midnall's voyage in the Black Sea, which was the first English trading voyage in the area.
Offered for US$ 239.00 by: Horizon Books - Book number: N10287
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