Author: [Kinglake, A.W.]
Title: EOTHEN, Or Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East.
Description: John Ollivier, 1845. 4th Ed. xi + 423pp. Tinted litho. frontis., tinted litho. plate. Light browning, marbled e.ps. and edges, with the armorial bookplate of William Cook, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, corners scuffed, gilt ruled compartments with gilt lettered label to sl. faded spine. ¶ First published in 1844, a journey Kinglake made about ten years earlier in Syria, Palestine and Egypt, together with his Eton contemporary Lord Pollington. Abbey Travel, 362 (First Edition). "In truth though the book was rather absurdly compared with the ordinary records of travel, it is more akin to Sterne’s ‘Sentimental Journey’, and is a delightful record of personal impressions rather than outward facts." D.N.B.

Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST


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