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Description : Title: Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Illustrated. In a Series of Views Drawn from Nature Author: John Carne - John Carne was a British traveller and author. John Carne was born on 18 June 1789, in Penzance, Cornwall, the fourth son of five known children of the family. His father, William Carne (1754-1836), was a merchant, mining agent, shipowner and banker at Penzance, where he died on 4 July 1836 at the age of 81, William married in 1780 Miss Anna Cock, daughter of Francis Cock of Helston, who died on 8 Nov. 1822. His eldest brother was Joseph Carne FRS, the noted geologist and mineral collector. Carne was a member of Queens' College, Cambridge, at different times both before and after his journey to the East, but he never resided long enough for a degree. He was admitted in 1826 to deacon's orders by Dr. Matthew Henry Thornhill Luscombe, the chaplain of the British embassy at Paris, and a bishop of the Episcopal church of Scotland, but, except during a few months' residence at Vevey in Switzerland, he did not officiate as a clergyman. However, as a younger man, living in West Cornwall and from a committed Methodist family, he had frequently preached with other local preachers at chapels in Penzance and Newlyn. His father, a strict man of business aside from his active service to Wesleyan Methodism [William Carne has frequently been called 'the father of Cornish Methodism'], desired that his son should follow in his footsteps, as Joseph had done. However, after a short trial of business, during which John's literary and story-telling abilities showed themselves, his father allowed him to follow his own inclinations. His first literary production was brought out anonymously in 1820, and was called Poems containing the Indian and Lazarus. Carne resolved to visit the holy places, and accordingly left England on 26 March 1821. He visited Constantinople, Greece, the Levant, Egypt, and Palestine. In the latter country, while returning from the convent of St. Catharine, he was taken prisoner by Bedouins, but, after being detained for some days, was released in safety. On coming back to England he commenced writing for the New Monthly Magazine an account of his travels, under the title of Letters from the East, receiving from Henry Colburn twenty guineas for each article. These Letters were then reproduced in a volume, dedicated to Sir Walter Scott, which went to a third edition. This book is noticeable for the fact that there is not a single date to be found in it except that on the title-page. The publication of this work and his talents for society brought him into familiar intercourse with Walter Scott, Southey, Campbell, Lockhart, Jerdan, and other distinguished men of letters. He next published Tales of the West, 1828, 2 vols., treating of his native county. Among those who knew him his fame as a story-teller far exceeded his renown as a writer, and social company often gathered round him to be spellbound by some exciting or pathetic narration. During the latter part of his life he resided chiefly in Penzance. Oppressed by the infirmities of a premature old age, he had ceased for some years before his death to engage in any literary pursuits. While preparing to set out for the shores of the Mediterranean he was attacked with a sudden illness and died at Penzance on 19 April 1844, when his remains were buried in Gulval churchyard. (Information courtesy of Wikipedia) , W. H. Bartlett, William Purser Publisher: Fisher, Son & Co. City: London Year: circa 1838 Binding Style: Hardcover Pagination: 80/76/12 pages Width: 8.5 Height: 10.75 Book Details: Condition / Notes: This antique volume contains the first two sections of this work, with an untitled addendum of 12 pages and four plates. The two engraved half title pages are dated 1836 and 1837 respectively. The book is bound in quarter leather and green cloth with leather-tipped corners. The spine cover, detaching from the front edge, shows significant wear, with loss of material. The binding is sound. This volume has marbled edges and endpapers. The pages are clean and without markings. Varying degrees of foxing is visible on the plates, largely confined to margins and versos. These illustrations offer images of, among other things, Mecca Pilgrims, a Turkish Divan, ancient cedars in Lebanon, cafes in Damascus, as well as views of the ruins of Balbec, the fortified cliffs of Alaya, Alexandria, Tripoli, Damascus, Sidor, and numerous other historical sites. For lots which include only books, our shipping charge applies to any address within the fifty United States. For lots which are not books, the stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $6.50
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