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1787 Eyles Irwin Voyages Red Sea Arabia & Egypt Middle
1787 Eyles Irwin Voyages Red Sea Arabia & Egypt Middle
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1787 Eyles Irwin Voyages Red Sea Arabia & Egypt Middle East Illustrated MAPS 2v



A rare, impressive edition of Eyles Irwin’s “Series of Adventures” – a work on his voyages and excursions in the Middle East and Arabia. This work is one of the best 18th-century accounts of Syria, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, the Red Sea, and the Nile River.



Item number: #7224

Price: $950



IRWIN, Eyles



A series of adventures in the course of a voyage up the Red-Sea, on the coasts of Arabia and Egypt; and of a route through the desarts of Thebais, in the year 1777: with a supplement of a voyage from Venice to Latichea; ... In letters to a lady. By Eyles Irwin ... Illustrated with maps and cuts. ... In two volumes.



London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1787. First octavo edition.



Details:

Collation: complete with all pages: 2 volumes

Vol. I – [2], xvi, 387, [1]

4 engraved plates

Vol. II – [2], 401, [1]

5 engraved plates

Provenance: Armorial Bookplate – Henley

Morton Frederick Eden, 1st Baron Henley GCB PC FRS (1752 – 1830) was a British diplomat.

From 1776–79, he was Minister to Bavaria, then to Copenhagen 1779–82, Dresden 1783–91, Berlin 1791–93 and Vienna 1793–94. From 1794–95, he was Ambassador to Spain and returned as Minister to Vienna in 1794 until 1799.

In 1799, Eden was created Baron Henley, after having been knighted in 1791 and admitted to the Privy Council in 1794. On 7 August 1783, he had married Lady Elizabeth Henley (the youngest daughter of the 1st Earl of Northington) and they had four children. Lord Henley died in 1830 and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Robert.

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight & secure

Visible repair on spine and inner hinges

Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (22cm x 14cm)



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