Incidents of travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land Edited with an Introduction by Victor Wolfgang von Hagen msx
by Stephens, John Lloyd and Victor Wolfgang Von Hagen, (ed.)
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Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1970. First Impression. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed brick-coloured cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. liv, 473, indexed. Illustrated with aplethora of facscimilie sketches and three maps. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Goodreads notes: "Perhaps best known for his discovery of the Mayan ruins in the Yucatan, lawyer-turned-archaeologist John Lloyd Stephens (18051852) was the author of a number of highly praised travel books. The present volume, his first effort in the genre, received wide acclaim from reviewers, including Edgar Allan Poe, who found it "written with a freshness of manner evincing manliness of feeling. Conversational and unpretentious, the book is a delightful narrative of the author's year-long journey through the Middle East, incorporating detailed observations of such architectural marvels as the Pyramids, the temples of Karnak, the red-rock city of Petra and more, and offering charming accounts of a Turkish bath, how to catch a crocodile, the wardrobe of a Nubian damsel, a night in a tomb, the hospitality of the Arabs, desert horses, Easter in Jerusalem, and much more."
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- Incidents of travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land Edited with an Introduction by Victor Wolfgang von Hagen msx
- Author
- Stephens, John Lloyd and Victor Wolfgang Von Hagen, (ed.)
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- Hardcover
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- First Impression
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- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman
- Date Published
- 1970
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