Henry Maundrell — A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, at Easter, a D. 1697

London, C. & J. Rivington, 1823. Leather. Henry Maundrell's classic travel journal, recounting his journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, in a tree calf binding. An attractively bound early 19th century example of this often reprinted travel classic, originating from the diary held by Maundrell on his Easter pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1697. Maundrell left Aleppo in a company of fifteen men, their circuit taking them to Latakia and to the ruinous state of Acre before proceeding inland to Jerusalem, where they attended Latin rite Easter services at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Maundrell was an academic at Oxford University and later a Church of England clergyman, who served from late 1695 as chaplain to the Levant Company in Syria.  With advertisement leaves following the title page and to the rear of the work. In a contemporary tree calf binding. Minor losses of calf to back strip head and tail. Joints starting, with boards somewhat tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good . Ill.: None. Good .