Shadows of the East, or, Slight sketches of scenery, persons, and customs : from observations during a tour in 1853 and 1854, in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Turkey and Greece / by Catherine Tobin ; with maps and illustrations ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tobin, Catherine.

Contributor:

Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

Holy Land Collections (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle East--Description and travel.

Middle East.

Egypt--Description and travel.

Egypt.

Palestine--Description and travel.

Palestine.

Greece--Description and travel.

Greece.

Penn Provenance:

Blackmer, Henry (bookplate) (Holy Land Collections copy)

Edmonds & Remnants (label) (Holy Land Collections copy)

Lazard, Bertrand (bookplate) (former owner) (Holy Land Collections copy)

Lazard, Paola (bookplate) (former owner) (Holy Land Collections copy)

Physical Description:

xiv pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 256 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, ix pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 21 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Other Title:

Shadows of the East

Slight sketches of scenery, persons, and customs

Place of Publication:

London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855.

Notes:

Errata: p. [2] at end.

"Outline of journey": p. [vii]-xii.

"Note": p. [257]-[258].

"Church and hôspice of Mount Carmel", translated by the author "from an Italian pamphlet": p. [i]-ix at end.

All edges gilt, with decorative covers and endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Holy Land Collections copy has a label on the rear paste-down endpaper, which reads "bound by Edmonds & Remnants, London".

Holy Land Collections copy has the bookplate of Paola and Bertrand Lazard on the front paste-down endpaper.

Holy Land Collections copy purchased for the Penn Libraries at the Pierre Bergé & associés auction held on April 29, 2008.

OCLC:

57645696