The East: Sketches of Travel in Egypt and the Holy Land By the Rev. J.A. Spencer. M. A.. Elegantly illustrated from original drawings. New York: George P. Putnam London: John Murray. 1850 To the Hon. Zadok Pratt, President of the mechanics' institute, New York, as a Slight Testimonial of Grateful Recollections of more tha a year spent in travel with his son, This volume is Respectfully Inscribed, By the author. (with handwritten message above) A vey nice book, covering Alexandria, the Nile, Pyramids, Thebes, Karnak, Cairo, the Copts and the Coptic Church, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the Dead Sea, Nazareth, Mount Carmel, and Beirut. First edition, very rare - worldwide only two offered ca. 275 euro. Lithographed frontis, and eight plates as listed, plus six woodcuts to text, original decorated cloth. All edges gilt. Weight ca. 1 kg.