Narrative of a journey across the Balcan,
by the two passes of Selimno and Pravadi; also of a visit to Azani, and other newly discovered ruins in Asia Minor, in the years 1829-30.
Stock Code 84673
London, Henry Colburn, 1831
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The present work describes Keppel's second major journey, on which he visited Constantinople, Scutari and Smyrna, following that of his travels home overland from India, where he served as aide-de-camp to the Governor-General, the Marquess of Hastings.
He arrived in Constantinople in 1829, stays with ambassador Sir Robert Gordon at Therapia, and visits the Turkish flagship and the Kaptan Pasha.
First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo, xvi, 463; xi, 465, [2](ads)pp., half-title vol. i., hand-coloured frontispiece, 3 engraved maps and plans, 2 folding, contemporary red polished half calf gilt,lightly rubbed, a very good copy.
Atabey 632; Blackmer 909; Koç II, 283; Abbey (Travel) 207; Weber I, 201.
He arrived in Constantinople in 1829, stays with ambassador Sir Robert Gordon at Therapia, and visits the Turkish flagship and the Kaptan Pasha.
First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo, xvi, 463; xi, 465, [2](ads)pp., half-title vol. i., hand-coloured frontispiece, 3 engraved maps and plans, 2 folding, contemporary red polished half calf gilt,lightly rubbed, a very good copy.
Atabey 632; Blackmer 909; Koç II, 283; Abbey (Travel) 207; Weber I, 201.
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