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SANDYS, George

[Relation of a journey]. Sandys Travailes:

[Relation of a journey]. Sandys Travailes:

containing a history of the original and present state of the Turkish Empire; their laws, government, policy, military force, courts of justice and commerce. The Mahometan religion and ceremonies. A description of Constantinople. The Grand Seigniors Seraglio, and his manner of living. Also of Greece, with the religion and customes of the Graecians.

Stock Code 102455

London R. and W. Leybourn, 1658

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George Sandys (1578-1644) travelled in the Levant in 1610, spending a year in Turkey, Palestine and Egypt. His account of this journey first appeared in 1615 and his work was soon regarded as an important authority on the area, going into many editions.

Sixth edition. Folio, additional engraved title, engraved folding map, folding engraved panorama of Istanbul, illustrations, some full-page, engraved initials and head-pieces, contemporary mottled calf short splits to joints, worn at spine extremities, rubbed, a little light old waterstaining, a good copy.

Cf. Atabey 1087 (seventh edition); cf. Blackmer 1484 (second edition); cf. Koç, I, 37 (first edition); Rohricht 923; Tobler, p. 91; Gay 2232; Zacharakis (1982) 1855, 1856.

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