8vo. viii, 468 pp., 8 colour plates including a frontispiece by Rivière after drawings by the author, illustrations in text, 1 folding map at rear, 13 black and white plated tipped in probably by previous owner, half title, contemporary half-calf with marbled boards, title gilt on spine, marbled endpaper, occasional browning and spotting, otherwise copy in good condition, Sagnier et Bray, Librairies-Editeurs, Paris, first edition, 1854.

Synopsis

Account of a journey made in 1853 from France bound to Egypt, visiting Malta, Alexandria, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the Dead Sea and the Jordan River, Beirut, Rhodes, Constantinople, then back to Malta and Marseilles.
Bibliographic references: Atabey 164; Tobler 186; Rohricht 453; not in Weber or Blackmer.