Skip to content
First edition of James Webster's Travels through the Crimea published in London in 1830.
First edition of James Webster's Travels through the Crimea published in London in 1830.
First edition of James Webster's Travels through the Crimea published in London in 1830.
First edition of James Webster's Travels through the Crimea published in London in 1830.

WEBSTER, James.

Travels through the Crimea, Turkey, and Egypt; performed during the years 1825-1828.

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830.

$4,124.00
$4,124.00

Travels through the Crimea,

94 New Bond Street

Available to collect, usually ready in 24 hours

94 New Bond Street
London W1S 1SJ
United Kingdom

+442074930876
ASK A QUESTION
James Webster (1802-1828) travelled extensively in the Levant with the architect W. H. Newnham in 1825-28, dying of a fever in Cairo. Includes Webster's account of Constantinople when news of the Battle of Navarino reached the city. A memoir of the author precedes the text of this posthumously published work. An appendix contains details of the death of the emperor Alexander and of the Russian Conspiracy of 1825.

From the library of Robert Hayhurst, whose books were notable for their generally fine condition.

First edition; 2 vols, 8vo; 7 aquatint plates (light spotting) after Newnham, 9 vignettes, original cloth-backed drab boards, original paper labels, a fine copy; xii, ccxii, 162, [ii]; viii, 435 pp.

Abbey (Travel), 360; Atabey 1324; Blackmer 1781; Koç II, 281; Hilmy II, 322; Weber I 193.

Stock code 108335

DELIVERY & RETURNS

We accept returns within 30 days of purchase. Please note that all items must be returned in their original condition, including all tags and packaging. Shipping costs are non-refundable.
First edition of James Webster's Travels through the Crimea published in London in 1830.

Travels through the Crimea,

$4,124.00
$4,124.00

Ask a question

Gifts £1,000 to £5,000

Collection of photographic plates shot in Ottoman-Empire-ruled territories of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey by the pioneers of orientalist photography - Dumas, Bonfils, Bergheim, Arnoux and Quarelli.
Collection of photographic plates shot in Ottoman-Empire-ruled territories of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey by the pioneers of orientalist photography - Dumas, Bonfils, Bergheim, Arnoux and Quarelli.

DUMAS, Tancrède; BONFILS, Felix; BERGHEIM, Peter; ARNOUX, Hippolyte; QUARELLI, F.
Four albums of photographs of Ottoman Empire: c. 1860-1880].
$20,619.00

First editionso of Views in Palestine and Views in the Ottoman Empire by Luigi Mayer, often found together, with 48 impressive coloured plates showing the Holy Land and the Ottoman Empire.
First editionso of Views in Palestine and Views in the Ottoman Empire by Luigi Mayer, often found together, with 48 impressive coloured plates showing the Holy Land and the Ottoman Empire.

MAYER, Luigi.
Views in Palestine, 1804, 1803.
$5,155.00

The Beauties of the Bosphorus by Julia Pardoe, one of the most popular and attractive of all books on the Bosphorus, scarce to find in the original cloth.
The Beauties of the Bosphorus by Julia Pardoe, one of the most popular and attractive of all books on the Bosphorus, scarce to find in the original cloth.

PARDOE, Julia; BARTLETT, W. H. (illustrator).
The Beauties of the Bosphorus. 1839.
$1,306.00

Hogarth's Devia Cypria, his first publication in which he records his excavations around Paphos and the Carpas Peninsula, under the aegis of the Cyprus exploration fund.
Hogarth's Devia Cypria, his first publication in which he records his excavations around Paphos and the Carpas Peninsula, under the aegis of the Cyprus exploration fund.

HOGARTH, David George.
Devia Cypria 1889.
$1,719.00

First edition of Brindesi's Souvenirs de Constantinople in excellent condition and in the original cloth, an important set of views of the Ottoman Empire.
First edition of Brindesi's Souvenirs de Constantinople in excellent condition and in the original cloth, an important set of views of the Ottoman Empire.

BRINDESI, Jean.
Souvenirs de Constantinople. [1855].
A fine set of views of Constantinople, the best pictorial record of the city at that time.
$17,182.00

An important work. Grelot was the first to prepare detailed plans of St. Sophia and other monuments in Constantinople.
An important work. Grelot was the first to prepare detailed plans of St. Sophia and other monuments in Constantinople.

GRELOT, William Joseph.
A Late Voyage to Constantinople, 1683.
$2,543.00

Cart
Your cart is empty
Have an account?
Log in to check out faster.