HODGKIN, THOMAS. Narrative of a Journey to Mor

HODGKIN, THOMAS. Narrative of a Journey to Morocco, in 1863 and 1864 . . . With Geological Annotations. 6 lithographed plates comprising 4 hand-colored views after drawings by Hodgkin, and 2 tinted portraits of him and Sir Moses Montefiore (the former with material mounted on back, the latter loose); uncolored lithographed plate of Hodgkin's tomb in Jaffa. Errata slip. 9-page subscribers' list; 24-page publisher's catalogue. Large 8vo, publisher's green cloth elaborately blocked in gold and blind to Islamic-style center-and-corner arabesque design, spine ends rubbed; half-title foxed, lacks front free endpaper. London, 1866

only edition. Now best-known for the lymphoma named for him, Hodgkin was the outstanding British pathologist of his time. He was also the close friend and personal physician of the Anglo-Jewish philanthropist Sir Moses Montefiore and often accompanied him on his missions abroad. This book recounts their journey to Morocco, where Montefiore sought to improve the condition of the Jewish community by meeting with the Sultan. It was published posthumously, dedicated to Montefiore, after Hodgkin's death in Palestine on their following trip.
exceptional association copy, containing Montefiore's bookplate; a secretarial inscription signed by him to Sir Thomas and Lady Tobin; Montefiore's signed carte-de-visite; an engraved card acknowledging congratulations on his 100th birthday; and his calling card with a secretarial inscription expressing similar sentiments on the same occasion.

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