Lot 167: PERRY, CHARLES.

PERRY, CHARLES. A VIEW OF THE LEVANT: PARTICULARLY OF CONSTANTINOPLE, SYRIA, EGYPT, AND GREECE. LONDON: PRINTED FOR T. WOODWARD [AND OTHERS], 1743 First edition, folio (366 x 225mm.), 20 engraved plates, 7 folding, contemporary calf, [Atabey 940; Blackmer 1291; Hilmy II, p.108; Weber II, 523], text slightly discoloured, binding somewhat rubbed, rebacked

From the library of the writer Wilfrid Blunt, author of many works, including A Persian Spring (1957), Isfahan, Pearl of Persia (1966), The Golden Road to Samarkand (1973), and Splendours of Islam (1976).