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WARBURTON, Eliot. The Crescent and the Cross; Or, Romance and Realities of Eastern Travel.
London: Henry Colburn..., 1845. In two volumes. Third edition, revised and corrected. Tall 8vo., original plum cloth, xvi, 360; (viii), 342, (6), 8pp.ads. With a tinted frontis in each volume and small engravings in the text. Bookplate, spines faded to tan as usual, some minor rubbing in fact a near fine set.
"This is an account of a tour in the Levant, including Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Constantinople and Greece... The book is remarkable for the colouring power, and the play of fancy with which its descriptions are enlivened... a splendid panorama of Eastern scenery."