Kinglake, Alexander William, 1809-1891, Eothen, 1845
- Title:
- Eothen.
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Published/Created:
- London : John Ollivier, 1845.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 423 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsDS48 .K56 1845Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionAccessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Information
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/6461278
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- An account of Kinglake's travels to Turkey, the Middle East, and Egypt.
Lithography printed by Day & Haghe.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in blind- and gold- tooled brown morocco, with gilt edges.. Unidentifiable armorial device stamped in gilt on front and back covers. Gilt edges. - Contents:
- Preface -- Over the border -- Turkish travelling -- Constantinople -- The Troad -- Infidel Smyrna -- Greek mariners -- Cyprus -- Lady Hester Stanhope -- The sanctuary -- The monks of the Holy Land -- Galilee -- My first bivouac -- The Dead Sea -- The black tents -- Passage of the Jordan -- Terra Santa -- The desert -- Cairo and the plague -- The pyramids -- The Sphynx -- Cairo to Suez -- Suez -- Suez to Gaza -- Gaza to Nablous -- Mariam -- The prophet Damoor -- Damascus -- Pass of the Lebanon -- Surprise of Satalieh.
- Subject Terms:
- Day & Haghe -- Printer.Egypt -- Description and travel.Middle East -- Description and travel.Olliver, John -- Publisher.Turkey -- Description and travel.
- Form/Genre:
- Armorial bindings (Binding)
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1845. - Export:
- XML
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