Author: Constance M. Alexander
Title: Baghdad in Bygone Days: From the Journals and Correspondence of Claudius Rich, Traveller, Artist, Linguist, Antiquary, and British Resident at Baghdad, 1808-1821
Description: London, John Murray, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce biographical work exploring the impressive career and travels of Claudius Rich, written by his great-great-nephew. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a clipping from the dust wrapper tipped in to the front pastedown. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirteen monochrome plates. Collated complete. A remarkable biography of travel and adventure across Baghdad, based on the journals and letters of Claudius Rich, a British Assyriologist and antiquarian scholar. Written by Alexander M. Constance. Claudius Rich is his great-great-uncle and his wife, Mary was well-known to his mother's generation.  In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities and a couple marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with a few scattered spots, heaviest to the first and last few leaves. Offsetting to the endpapers. Owner's ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Baghadad Biography Travel Illustrated Biography Not Stated


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