Essais

1850 · 0006137 — London: John Murray 1850. Third edition. Hardcover. Good. 17 illustrations the costume drawings were made by a Maltese artist. Octavo lv 420 pages original covers new spine endpapers and paper label. <br/><br/>Part 1 in six chapters is "Egypt in 1833". Other monasteries in the Turkish Empire and also Jerusalem. Appendix II is "Recipes of Turkish Cookery 5pp." 17 illustrations the costume drawings were made by a Maltese artist . With a folding plan of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Curzon aka Lord Zouche travelled the Middle East in search of Biblical manuscripts. "I will write down some account of the most curious of these manuscripts and the places in which they were found as well as some of the adventures which I encountered in the pursuit of my venerable game - Preface." John Murray hardcover