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The customs and legends of Malta, Syria, Lebanon, Jerusalem and Egypt

GENTIL, Emile.
Souvenirs d'Orient. Anecdotes de voyage. - Légendes. - Moeurs, coutumes, etc. Détails nouveaux sur Malte, le Liban, la Syrie & l'Egypte, avec un grand nombre de dessins inédits, et les plans des principaux sanctuaires de Terre-Sainte.

With 2 engravings and 4 engraved plans, one of which folding, and numerous illustrations in text by J. Verronnais after the original drawings by Emile Gentil.

With 2 engravings and 4 engraved plans, one of which folding, and numerous illustrations in text by J. Verronnais after the original drawings by Emile Gentil.

With 2 engravings and 4 engraved plans, one of which folding, and numerous illustrations in text by J. Verronnais after the original drawings by Emile Gentil.

With 2 engravings and 4 engraved plans, one of which folding, and numerous illustrations in text by J. Verronnais after the original drawings by Emile Gentil.

With 2 engravings and 4 engraved plans, one of which folding, and numerous illustrations in text by J. Verronnais after the original drawings by Emile Gentil.



Paris, Lyon, Metz, Librairie Catholique de Pétisse frères, 1856. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. Original brown half morocco, gilt spine, title on spine lettered in gold. With 2 engravings and 4 engraved plans, one of which folding, and numerous illustrations in text by J. Verronnais after the original drawings by Emile Gentil. 580 pp.

Rare second issue of the first and only edition of a report of a journey from Lyon to Jerusalem and back by Emile Gentil, chevalier de Saint-Sépulcre. The report is devoted to Malta, Syria and Lebanon in the first part, and to Jerusalem and Egypt in the second part. The book deals with the customs and legends of the visited places, with a special emphasis on the sanctuaries of Jerusalem. During the journey, one of the companions of Gentil died, and about this event, Gentil has written a separate book in 1854. The first issue was published by Jules Verronnais in Metz & J. Lecoffre in Paris. A piece of paper with the names of the new publishers is pasted over the original impressum with the date 1855.

Good copy of a voyage to the Holy Land with numerous anecdotes about the visited countries.
WorldCat (1 copy). Not in Chadenat.

Related Subjects: Africa  America [Caribbean Islands]  America, North  Holy Land  Travel & Voyages 

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