Barkley Henry, “A Ride through Asia Minor and Armenia: giving a sketch of the characters, manners, and customs of both the Mussulman and Christian inhabitants”, Murray, London, 1891. First edition. Complete. 8vo, (20x14cm), pp.x,350. A rare and fascinating travel account on Asia Minor. Henry Barkley, British writer, started his travels in Anatolia in autumn 1878 and covered vast areas of the peninsula passing through Bursa, Ankara, Kaisaria, Adana before heading north towards Armenia and the Pontic area. He provides a vivid picture of the multinational Ottoman society with valuable geographical and ethnological details and some archaeological information. An early modern travel account in many aspects. Original blue contemporary cloth. Very good clean copy, only with two library markings at the beginning, and paper pasted on cachet on title page. RARE. Not in Atabey or Blackmer.