BAKER Samuel, “CYPRUS as I saw it in 1879”, London 1879. FIRST and ONLY edition. In 8o, 22x15cm, complete: frontis, xx,501p .Contemporary  green publishers cloth, slightly rubbed internally clean, a very good set of a scarce work. Samuel Baker visited Cyprus the year following British annexation. He spent several months and described almost every corner of the island with comments on the coexistence of Christians and Muslims, all which were speaking Greek. He was travelling in a gypsy van and his travel account, full of topographical and political comments, is extremely precious as it is the image of Cyprus left after 3 centuries of Ottoman rule (Sothebys, lot 24,26-9-2017). Not in Atabey,Blackmer 67.VERY RARE