Syria, Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. In a series of views drawn from nature by W.H. Bartlett, William Purser, &c. [...].

3 parts in 2 vol., 4to; 3 engr. titles, 119 pl. protected with tissue guards (some sl. spotting).

Late 19th-c. three-quarter red shagreen, marbled paper boards, gilt orn. spines with raised bands (leather sl. rubbed). Copy in a very neat condition.

First edition, complete in itself (initially publ. in 30 parts of 4 plates) "forming the first part of Fisher's series, the "Turkish Empire Illustrated", with most of the engr. after W.H. Bartlett who travelled extensively in the Levant to gather material for his paintings" (Atabey). Illustrated with 3 engr. titles, 2 maps and 117 finely executed steel-engravings (3 in frontispiece). Many of the plates in vol. III after drawings by Th. Allom. Views and scenes of monuments, ruins, ancient sites, nature, landscapes, city life, etc. in Antioch, Tripoli, Baalbec, Rhodes, Beirut, Alexandria, Jerusalem, etc. It is interesting to note that only a few works of that time include what is present-day Lebanon.
Ref. Atabey 199. - Allibone I:344. - BnF (vol. I only). - COPAC.