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BADIA Y LEBLICH (DOMINGO) "Ali Bey" Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, between the Years 1803 and 1807, 2 vol., Longman, Hurst, 1816 image 1
BADIA Y LEBLICH (DOMINGO) "Ali Bey" Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, between the Years 1803 and 1807, 2 vol., Longman, Hurst, 1816 image 2
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BADIA Y LEBLICH (DOMINGO) "Ali Bey"
Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, 2 vol., Longman, Hurst, 1816

14 November 2023, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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[BADIA Y LEBLICH (DOMINGO)] "Ali Bey"

Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, between the Years 1803 and 1807, 2 vol., first edition in English, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, 83 engraved plates and plans (of 86, with 12bis and 28bis, plate 72 on 2 sheets, lacks plates 12, 16 and 40, 7 folding), 4 folding engraved maps (one laid on linen, others short tears, mostly at folds), some toning and spotting, pp.281/2 corner torn away just touching 2 letters, pp.305/6 small hole touching letters, early non-uniform half calf, worn, 2 covers detached [Blackmer 62; Cobham-Jeffrey, p.1; Rohricht 1607], 4to, Longman, Hurst, 1816

Footnotes

The author, "Ali Bey", was a Spaniard who disguised himself as an Arab, thereby gaining access to many places throughout North Africa and Asia Minor (including the mosques at Omar and Mecca) not previously visited by Christians. Many of the plates relate to Cyprus.

Provenance: Shirley C. Atchley, bookplate.

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