Lot No. 35: Burton, Isabel Mrs.

The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, Holy Land.

Medium: Printed Book
Year: 1876
Size: 8.8 x 5.7 inches
Place: London

Winning Bid : ₹35,640

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30,000 - 40,000

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360-480

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Burton, Isabel Mrs.

The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, Holy Land.

Two Volume Set

First Edition

Year: 1876

Size: 22.6 x 14.5 cm (8.8 x 5.7 inches)

Published by Henry S King & Co. Large 8vo, X, 376; 340 + 3 pp. of publishers ads. With a mounted albumen print as portrait frontispiece in each volume, chromolithograph plate in each volume as well. Large folding map at the end of Volume II.
Original brown cloth gilt, with gilt decoration of star, crescent, and cross on front board. Mounted Albumen Photographic portraits of Isabel and Richard Burton and 2 chromolithographs.

Original gilt-pictorial cloth (with the authors name on the spine given as Mrs. R. Burton) 'I have followed my husband everywhere, gleaning only women's lore, and I hope that the daily jottings of my private journal will yield a sketch of the inner life of the Holy Land in general, and of Damascus in particular. I wish to convey an idea of the life which an Englishwoman may make for herself in the East. In doing so I have found it difficult to avoid being too personal, or egotistical, or too frank' (relatively speaking!). Extremely Rare

Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman

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	Nickname	Amount(Rs)	Type	Date & Time(IST)
1	anon0200	29700.00	Regular	24-04-2024 12:04:52 PM IST

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Lot No. 35: Burton, Isabel Mrs.

The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, Holy Land.

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Burton, Isabel Mrs.

The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, Holy Land.

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