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MRS. GEORGE SUMNER – OUR HOLIDAY IN THE EAST
First print. Hurst and Blackett, London, 1881 342 p., 23x16 cm. 1 full page and 1 in-imprint-page engravings. In its publisher’s cloth binding with gilded oriental imag on the front cover and gilded writing on the back.
THE HOLY LAND RULED BY THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE THROUGH THE EYES OF THE AUTHOR SUMNER, WHO IS THE FOUNDER OF AN ANGLICAN WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION AND A BISHOPS WIFE…
IN THE BOOK, WHICH IS TAKEN AS A TRAVELOGUE, SUMNER CONVEYS IMPORTANT OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, RELIGIOUS AND SOCIOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE HOLY LAND AND THE REIGN AND ROLE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN THESE LANDS… AFTER THE FIRST EDITION WHICH WAS OFFERED FOR SALE IN 1881, THE BOOK ATTRACTED GREAT INTEREST, RESULTING IN THE PRINTING OF A SECOND EDITION IN 1882…
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