8vo. xlviii, 214 pp., [8 index], 1 map, 7 folding plates, 1 plate in text, with a new introduction by David Howell, publisher’s cloth, lightly faded, gilt lettering at spine, index, pencil note on front fly leaf, small smudge verso plate vii not affecting the plate, copy in very good condition otherwise, reprint from 1810 edition, Khayats Oriental Reprints No: 3, Beirut, 1963.

Synopsis

Maundrell was the Levant Company’s chaplain at Aleppo from 1696 to 1701. His manuscript account was given to Oxford University by his uncle, Sir Charles Hedges. The account contains the first description of Baalbeck by an Englishman.