The Druses of the Lebanon; Their Manners, Customs, and History. With a Translation of Their Religious Code
London: Richard Bentley, 1855. Leather Bound. pp. xv, 422, ads. 8vo. Contemporary half calf over cloth boards. Engraved map frontispiece with tissue guard (which is foxed). Binding scuffed with some spots of loss, text generally clean with a few spots, tide marks to frontispiece, rippling to front endpaper and two blank front pages, slight separation between title page and frontispiece; good+. Item #049710
" Chasseaud, who was born and lived in Syria, dedicated this work to Lady Franklin. The translation of the religious code is taken from an Arabic manuscript obtained by the author from a Maronite in the village of Hadded" - Bloomsbury Auctions.
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