This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ...plumes; vast courts ranged by lofty steps from the top of the hill to the outward walls of the fortification. At the extremity of the largest of these courts, on which our eyes plunged from the height on which we were placed, the irregular facade of the women's palace presented itself to us, ornamented with slender and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ...plumes; vast courts ranged by lofty steps from the top of the hill to the outward walls of the fortification. At the extremity of the largest of these courts, on which our eyes plunged from the height on which we were placed, the irregular facade of the women's palace presented itself to us, ornamented with slender and graceful colonnades, which in irregular and unequal forms reached to the roof, and bore, like an umbrella, a light covering of painted wood, serving as a portico to the palace. A marble staircase, decorated with balustrades sculptured in arabesque, led from this portico to the door of the women's palace; this door, inlaid with wood of various colors, with frames of marble, and surmounted with Arabic inscriptions, was surrounded by black slaves, magnificently attired, armed with silvermounted pistols and with Damascus sabres glittering with gold and chasings; the large courts which faced the palace were likewise filled with a crowd of servants, courtiers, priests, and soldiers, in all the varied and picturesque costumes which distinguish the five populations of Lebanon--the Druzes, Christians, Armenians, Greeks, Maronites, and Metualis. Five or six hundred Arab horses were attached by the feet and head to cords which stretched across the courts, saddled, bridled, and covered with shining cloths of all colors; several groups of camels were lying, standing, or bent on the knee, to receive or discharge their loads; and on the most elevated terrace of the inner court some young pages were throwing the djerid, rushing with their horses upon each other, crouching down to evade the blow, returning at full speed upon their disarmed adversary, and going through, with an admirable grace and vigor, all the rapid evolutions which this warlike sport requir...
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Tight binding, embossed boards have worn edges and are a bit bowed, tissue guards intact, gilt bright with a few spots of rubbing, front hinge is weak, worming to ffep, dampstaining to edges and corners, foxing, spots of gilt page edges are dampstained... 264pp, octavo, all edges gilt. no date but owner's name is dated 1859 in pencil.
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Good. New York: Leavitt And Allen, n.d. (ca. 1850s). Sm 4to. 264pp. Illus. Good book. Spine ends worn. Boards rubbed and a bit shelfworn, corners worn. Front board has mother-of-pearl pieces inlaid. Front hinge cracked. Pages aged and tanned, endpapers foxed. Three bits of tape on back pastedown. Inquire if you need further information.
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Fair. Size: 0x0x0; Publisher's brown cloth. 264 pages, [10] leaves of plates: illustrations; 24 cm. 264 p. front., plates. 24 cm. All edge gilt. Damp stain along first few pages, bottom margin. Foxing. Lacking most of spine. All edges gilt. Rare travel book.