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., orig. plum cloth, xvi, 360; (viii), 342, (6), 8pp.ads.
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 colourig power, and the play of fancy with which its descriptions are enlvened......a splendid panorama of Eastern scenery." $350 CAD