1845 2nd Edition ,  

THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS [TWO VOLS]

or, Romance and Realities of Eastern Travel

By Eliot Warburton

Irish-born travel writer and historian. A society-connected gentleman who travelled widely in the Middle East. Rose to literary fame with this book. Wrote histories and biographies. Died tragically in the 1852 Amazon steamship disaster off Newfoundland; manuscripts lost.

The Crescent and the Cross is his best-known work.

Illustrated By: Day & Haghe

Lithographs by Day & Haghe (Lithographers to the Queen)

Format: Hardcover, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 813

Language: English

Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Published By: Henry Colburn, London

Synopsis: Chronicling Warburton’s journey through Egypt, the Holy Land, Syria, and Greece at the height of British romantic fascination with the East. A celebrated narrative blending observation, antiquarian interest, political intelligence, and the picturesque. Popular on publication and frequently reprinted; desirable here in a handsome contemporary binding with distinguished provenance.

A notably attractive example of Warburton’s most influential work, admired in its day by Kinglake and the circle of early Victorian travel writers. A text that helped shape British imagination of the Levant before the Crimean War, here elevated by period binding and significant noble provenance.

“Belper” armorial bookplate (Barons Belper, Strutt family).

SKU: BTETM0002514

Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 3Kg