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[GREECE] URQUHART, DAVID. The Spirit of the East, illustrated in a Journal of Travels through Roumeli during an eventful Period.
London: H. Colburn, 1838. First edition. Publisher's cloth-backed boards in modern slipcase. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (22 x 14 cm); xxxii, 456 pp.; viii, 444 pp., 2 pp. ads; half-titles, lithographed plate (the map appears only in the second edition). Spine labels rubbed to illegibility, cloth faded, light wear, internally a clean copy.
Urquhart fought in the Greek War of Independence for on the nationalist side, and was wounded. An advocate for the Greek cause, in 1831 he was part of Sir Stratford Canning's mission to Istanbul to settle the border between Greece and Turkey. He became around this time an increasingly strong admirer of the Turks, and the present work documents his increasing enthusiasm. Pp. 40-44 contain an amusing list of the differences between English and Turkish social and political customs. Among his many achievements, he introduced the Turkish bath to England.
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