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Narrative of a journey across the Balcan,
The present work describes Keppel's second major journey, on which he visited Constantinople, Scutari and Smyrna, following that of his travels home overland from India, where he served as aide-de-camp to the Governor-General, the Marquess of Hastings.
He arrived in Constantinople in 1829, stays with ambassador Sir Robert Gordon at Therapia, and visits the Turkish flagship and the Kaptan Pasha.
First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo, xvi, 463; xi, 465, [2](ads)pp., half-title vol. i., hand-coloured frontispiece, 3 engraved maps and plans, 2 folding, contemporary red polished half calf gilt,lightly rubbed, a very good copy.
Atabey 632; Blackmer 909; Koç II, 283; Abbey (Travel) 207; Weber I, 201.
He arrived in Constantinople in 1829, stays with ambassador Sir Robert Gordon at Therapia, and visits the Turkish flagship and the Kaptan Pasha.
First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo, xvi, 463; xi, 465, [2](ads)pp., half-title vol. i., hand-coloured frontispiece, 3 engraved maps and plans, 2 folding, contemporary red polished half calf gilt,lightly rubbed, a very good copy.
Atabey 632; Blackmer 909; Koç II, 283; Abbey (Travel) 207; Weber I, 201.
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The present work describes Keppel's second major journey, on which he visited Constantinople, Scutari and Smyrna, following that of his travels home overland from India, where he served as aide-de-camp to the Governor-General, the Marquess of Hastings.
He arrived in Constantinople in 1829, stays with ambassador Sir Robert Gordon at Therapia, and visits the Turkish flagship and the Kaptan Pasha.
First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo, xvi, 463; xi, 465, [2](ads)pp., half-title vol. i., hand-coloured frontispiece, 3 engraved maps and plans, 2 folding, contemporary red polished half calf gilt,lightly rubbed, a very good copy.
Atabey 632; Blackmer 909; Koç II, 283; Abbey (Travel) 207; Weber I, 201.
He arrived in Constantinople in 1829, stays with ambassador Sir Robert Gordon at Therapia, and visits the Turkish flagship and the Kaptan Pasha.
First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo, xvi, 463; xi, 465, [2](ads)pp., half-title vol. i., hand-coloured frontispiece, 3 engraved maps and plans, 2 folding, contemporary red polished half calf gilt,lightly rubbed, a very good copy.
Atabey 632; Blackmer 909; Koç II, 283; Abbey (Travel) 207; Weber I, 201.
