Lot 08104

“JOHN CARNE Letters 1813-1837”, Privately Printed, 1885. LIMITED EDITION, one of the 100 pieces, numbered by hand “33”. Printed on watermarked paper. 8vo, pp. xxiv, 286

John Carne (1789–1844) was a famous British traveller and author, that visited Constantinople, Greece, the Levant, Egypt, and Palestine c.1820. The current publication is a collection of 45 letters, discovered after his death in various places and addressed mainly to his family, where he states in a very direct way his thoughts and plans about his life and his travels.  

Rare private publication, tracked in just a few libraries.