Narrative of the Euphrates expedition...

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during the years 1835, 1836, and 1837.
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CHESNEY, Francis Rawdon.

Narrative of the Euphrates expedition...

Narrative of the Euphrates expedition...

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during the years 1835, 1836, and 1837.

Stock Code 104622

London, Longmans, 1868

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This is the concluding portion of Chesney's account of the Euphrates Expedition, not a later edition of the first part. In addition to the reconstructed section of Chesney's original manuscript which had been lost in the 1830's, it contains the journals of Captain Charlewood and of General J.B.B. Estcourt, an account of Helfer's visit to the Arabian desert, and Ainsworth's account of Constantinople' (Atabey). Scarce.

First edition, 8vo, xviii, 564 pp., bound without half-title, 2 maps (1 in the rear cover pocket), 45 lithographed plates, contemporary half calf, morocco label, a bit worn, scattered light foxing (more so to plate at page 424), light wear overall a good copy.

Atabey 236; Wilson p.41; not in Ghani.
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