Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Kinglake, Alexander William, 1809-1891

Title:

Eothen.

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Published / Created:

London : John Ollivier, 1845.

Physical Description:

xi, 423 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
DS48 .K56 1845
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Lithography printed by Day & Haghe.

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in blind- and gold- tooled brown morocco, with gilt edges.. Unidentifiable armorial device stamped in gilt on front and back covers. Gilt edges.

An account of Kinglake's travels to Turkey, the Middle East, and Egypt.

Contents:

Preface -- Over the border -- Turkish travelling -- Constantinople -- The Troad -- Infidel Smyrna -- Greek mariners -- Cyprus -- Lady Hester Stanhope -- The sanctuary -- The monks of the Holy Land -- Galilee -- My first bivouac -- The Dead Sea -- The black tents -- Passage of the Jordan -- Terra Santa -- The desert -- Cairo and the plague -- The pyramids -- The Sphynx -- Cairo to Suez -- Suez -- Suez to Gaza -- Gaza to Nablous -- Mariam -- The prophet Damoor -- Damascus -- Pass of the Lebanon -- Surprise of Satalieh.

Subject Terms:

Egypt -- Description and travel. | Middle East -- Description and travel. | Turkey -- Description and travel. | Olliver, John -- Publisher. | Day & Haghe -- Printer.

Form/Genre:

Armorial bindings (Binding) | Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1845.