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SIR JAMES JUSTINIAN MORIER (1780-1849)
A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808 and 1809; in which is included, some account of the proceedings of His Majesty's mission, under Sir Harford Jones ... to the court of the King of Persia. London: J. G. Barnard for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812. 4° (289 x 228mm). 26 plates after Morier (16 aquatint, 10 line-engravings), 3 folding engraved maps. (Lacking half-title, occasional light scattered marginal spotting.) 19th-century calf, spines gilt, sides with gilt rules, marbled edges (small areas of surface loss). [With:]
A Second Journey ... between the years 1810 and 1816, with a Journal of the Voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian Gulf. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1818. 4° (288 x 229mm). 2 engraved maps 1 double-page, 17 plates comprising 2 line engravings 1 double-page, 15 aquatints (3 hand-coloured, 2 folding, one double-page), by Henry Alken, T. Fielding and others after Morier. 19th-century calf, spines gilt, sides with gilt rules, marbled edges (small areas of surface loss, upper cover sunned).
FIRST EDITION. Morier's account 'at once took rank as an important authority on a country then little known to Englishmen, and by its admirable style and accurate observation, its humour and graphic power, still holds a foremost place among early books of travel in Persia' (DNB). Morier was attached to Sir Harford Jones's mission to the court of Persia. After sailing from Portsmouth 27 October 1807, the mission reached Bombay in April 1808 and arrived at Teheran in February 1809. After three months Morier was sent home (7 May), making his journey by way of Turkey, and staying with family in Constantinople where his father was British ambassador. He finally arrived at Plymouth on 25 November 1809. Morier retired upon publishing his second book of travels, and devoted himself to the writing of romances, chiefly set in the east. Abbey Travel 357, 358; Atabey 836, 837; Brunet III, 1904.
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A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808 and 1809; in which is included, some account of the proceedings of His Majesty's mission, under Sir Harford Jones ... to the court of the King of Persia. London: J. G. Barnard for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812. 4° (289 x 228mm). 26 plates after Morier (16 aquatint, 10 line-engravings), 3 folding engraved maps. (Lacking half-title, occasional light scattered marginal spotting.) 19th-century calf, spines gilt, sides with gilt rules, marbled edges (small areas of surface loss). [With:]
A Second Journey ... between the years 1810 and 1816, with a Journal of the Voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian Gulf. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1818. 4° (288 x 229mm). 2 engraved maps 1 double-page, 17 plates comprising 2 line engravings 1 double-page, 15 aquatints (3 hand-coloured, 2 folding, one double-page), by Henry Alken, T. Fielding and others after Morier. 19th-century calf, spines gilt, sides with gilt rules, marbled edges (small areas of surface loss, upper cover sunned).
FIRST EDITION. Morier's account 'at once took rank as an important authority on a country then little known to Englishmen, and by its admirable style and accurate observation, its humour and graphic power, still holds a foremost place among early books of travel in Persia' (DNB). Morier was attached to Sir Harford Jones's mission to the court of Persia. After sailing from Portsmouth 27 October 1807, the mission reached Bombay in April 1808 and arrived at Teheran in February 1809. After three months Morier was sent home (7 May), making his journey by way of Turkey, and staying with family in Constantinople where his father was British ambassador. He finally arrived at Plymouth on 25 November 1809. Morier retired upon publishing his second book of travels, and devoted himself to the writing of romances, chiefly set in the east. Abbey Travel 357, 358; Atabey 836, 837; Brunet III, 1904.
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