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WILLIAM WITTMAN - TRAVELS IN TURKEY, ASIA MINOR, SYRIA AND ACCCROSS THE DESERT INTO EGYPT

Richard Phillips, London, 1803. 595 pages, 26 x 21 cm. A total of 21 full-page engravings, 16 of which are hand-colored, along with 2 folding maps and 1 folding firman. In its contemporary binding with gilt-lettered and decorated leather spine, leather corners, and marbled boards; in very good condition. Atabey 1344, Blackmer 1832, Weber 647.

WITTMAN, WHO WAS SENT TO OTTOMAN LANDS AND THEN TO EGYPT WITH THE BRITISH ARMY, PRESENTS HIS OBSERVATIONS ON THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND POLITICAL STRUCTURES, SOCIAL ORDER, MILITARY SYSTEM, HEALTH CONDITIONS, AND DAILY LIFE PRACTICES IN DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

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