Fraser R.: “Turkey, Ancient and Modern”. Edinburgh 1854 First edition. In 8vo 19x12cm,contemporary full leather, contemporary prize of the Edinburgh Angus Club, complete frontis 15p.,540p.,and two folded maps, as called for, text clean and bright, overall in very good plus condition. Rev. Fraser spent several years in the Ottoman Empire and his account is a very comprehensive presentation of the Levant, both his recent history and its actual condition in the middle of 19th century. It includes several details for the Ottoman society and the state from someone who lived there. Not in Atabey or Blackmer.Rare