Paul of Aleppo :”Travels of Macarius,Patriarch of Antioch, written by his attendant in Arabic (1652),Part the first:Anatolia,Romelia and Moldavia”. London 1829, “Part the second, Wallachia,Moldavia and the Cossak country” .London 1831. First edition. In Folio 32x26cm,printed by J.Murray for the Oriental Translation Committee. Contemporary paper covers slightly frayed at the edges ,spines strengthened, internally clean and bright, complete the two independent volumes (1-114p.-115p.-227p.) which covers the travel in the Levant ( other volumes published later cover his sojourn in Russia),second volume with few damp staining in the low margins at the end, otherwise very good condition overall. Patriarch Macarius III of Antioch (1647—1672) tried to restoring financial stability in his realm .For this reason he decided to visit Russia, the only Orthodox state independent and quite rich then for requesting financial assistance (Zητεία).On February 11 ,1652 he set out with Paul, a deacon and his attendant who left a precious very detailed manuscript travel account of their sojourn over several years. He returned in 1659.Macarius crossed the Anatolia ,from Antioch to Constantinople, overland visiting Iconio and Proussa (Bursa).Very few detailed travel accounts of 17th century have survived for Asia Minor and this is the only written by an Orthodox Greek traveler .They had stayed some months in Constantinople and they provided invaluable information for the city and its Orthodox population during that time. It is the only one lengthy description of Constantinople during 17th century by an Orthodox Greek. Later they travelled in the Black Sea towards Bulgaria and continued staying several months in Moldavia and Wallachia, Orthodox quasi autonomous States then .In late 1652 they had entered Russian dominions in the Kossaks country. Macarius travel account is really unique, as he was almost the only Greek Orthodox who has left a so detailed account for the Levant, full with meticulous details about places ,churches, monuments, inscriptions, people etc (in total hundreds of pages).The manuscript ,written in Arabic by his attendant, had been discovered in early 19th century and took years for its translation and publication. A UNIQUE account, absent from all major collections .Very rare.