Containing a description of the city, and the principal natural productions in its neighbourhood; together with an account of the climate, inhabitants, and diseases; particularly of the plague, with the methods used by the Europeans for their preservation Russell, Alexander 1715?-1768 text text enk London Printed for A. Millar MDCCCLVI [i.e. 1756] 1756 monographic eng

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viii, 266 pages, 10 unnumbered pages, 16 folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm

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No Known Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/NKC/1.0/ By Alex. Russell, M.D. First edition, misdated "1856" for "1756" and given by Russell as gift. A second edition appeared in 1794. "An authoritative account of Turkish life and manners based on Russell's experience as physician to the British factory in Aleppo from 1740 to 1753" (Atabey). "The work was described by Pinkerton as 'one of the most complete pictures of Eastern manners extant'" (Blackmer). The book not only boasts detailed illustrations of the local flora, fauna, and social life, but also extensively discusses the diseases endemic to Syria (especially plague and fever), as well as smoking tobacco, hawking, horses, and the Arab camel. "There are references to coffee on p. 81 [...] and p. 90, and to coffee-houses on p. 91. Two of the plates illustrate domestic scenes of, respectively men smoking and drinking coffee (plate XV), and a woman smoking and being served coffee (plate XVI) [...] Some copies [such as the present one] contain an additional unnumbered plate to face p. 52" (Hünersdorff). The assumption of Hünersdorff and Hasenkamp that this extra plate was "apparently published the following year" would appear to be disproved by the signed and dated ownership on the title page: "Donum Celeberrimi Auctoris Ao. 1756. Schlosser". A good, wide-margined copy, showing very slight browning. Main Heritage Shelves General QH192 .R96 1756 Book Item-ID: i16875485 BIB-ID: 1510967 Contains bibliographical references and index. a-sy--- Natural history Syria Aleppo Plague Aleppo (Syria) Alep (Syrie) QH192 .R96 1756 614.49 Russell, Alexander, 1715?-1768. London, Printed for A. Millar, MDCCCLVI [i.e. 1756] (OCoLC)792780226 06007156 13595445 DLC 840601 20130922024335.0 ocm13595445 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24)