Lot 03440

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. Ex libris Hartford Library with contemporary library cloth. Nice copy, only with some library markings at the beginning and at the end. Rare detailed travel account of Asia Minor just after the ending of Russo-Turkish war of 1877/78. 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 few some archaeological information. An early modern travel account in many aspects. RARE. Not in Atabey or Blackmer