An imaginary tour of the ancient world undertaken by Cyrus, founder of the Persian Empire. He meets notable figures such as Pythagoras and Zoroast...

Richardson was travelling physician to the Earl of Belmore, whose party spent two years in the Mediterranean, mainly in Egypt, Palestine and Syria...

A valuable description of the culture of India in the 1820s. Heber's tour encompassed a journey through Bihar, Rohilkhand, Rajputana, and Gujarat,...

Scarce. A versatile and hardy traveller, Tozer (1829-1916) made regular journeys in Greece and Turkey, which formed the subject of this, his majo...

The author travelled the Yenisey as part of an expedition that set out to study tribes that lived along the banks. Her main interest was in natura...

A popular account which went through several editions in a short space of time. The author had visited Constantinople during the Crimean War and h...

Blackmer copy. 'First and apparently only edition. The map of Greece issued with this work is frequently missing, and despite the information on th...

'This report describes the activities of the Society of Dilettanti's second Ionian Mission, 1812-13, organized under the direction of William Gell...

Albumen print (22 x 28 cm). Good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original card, photographer's credit, title and number in negative.

A scenic view over the valley with a windmill on the right side and the hills of Judaean Desert in the background.The spring of Gihon considered t...

The Holy Land. Albumen print. 225 x 282 mm. Good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original card, photographer's credit and title in neg...

Contains volumes on Botany, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles and Fish, including 75 specimen plates of cacti.First edition, senate issue; 2 vols bound in ...

The 'Arabistan' in the title refers to Khuzestan in Eastern Persia. The author, a member of the Russian legation at Tehran, travelled from Tehran ...

Scarce. Kinneir had served in the Madras infantry and was later attached to Sir John Malcolm's mission in Persia in 1808-1809. In 1813 he set out ...

Rare. The first appearance in book form of any account of Livingstone's travels in Africa (the preface is dated January, 1857, and his Missionary ...

Dr. Thomas Hodgkin (1798-1866), an eminent physician was the first to identify the type of lymphoma now known as Hodgkins disease. He travelled t...

In 1833-34 Maurice Tamisier served as a secretary to the chief medical officer in the armies sent by Muhammad Ali to suppress further uprisings in...

A scarce, well regarded translation of Pausanias, who provides us with the best guide to the Ancient Greeks and their beliefs. Translated by Thoma...