8vo. lviii, 560 pp., [24 pp Murray’s list of publications], folding diagram colour frontispiece, colour plans and maps, some folding, biblio, hard back binding, rubbed round edges, top spine slightly damaged, appendix, index, copy inside clean & in very good condition, John Murray, London, new edition, 1883.

Synopsis

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815 – 1881), known as Dean Stanley, was an English Anglican priest and ecclesiastical historian. He was Dean of Westminster from 1864 to 1881. He was a co-founder of the Palestine Exploration Fund. In 1862 he was asked to accompany the Prince of Wales on a tour to the East.