BENJAMIN, ISRAEL JOSEPH. Eight Years in Asia and Africa from 1846 to 1855.

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BENJAMIN, ISRAEL JOSEPH. Eight Years in Asia and Africa from 1846 to 1855.

First English edition. At end, folding map of Benjamin's Journey in Asia and Africa. pp. 15, (1 blank), 332, (4). Ex-library, lightly browned and brittle. Contemporary half-calf marbled boards, rebacked. 4to

Hanover: By the Author 1859

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,900

Accompanied by Benjamin’s “Eight Years in Asia and Africa:” FIRST GERMAN EDITION. Hannover, 1858. * Bound with: FIRST HEBREW EDITION. Lyck, 1859. In emulation of the medieval Spanish traveler Benjamin of Tudela, the self-styled Benjamin II, Israel Joseph Benjamin, recorded his travels through Egypt, Eretz Israel, Syria, Armenia, Iraq, Kurdistan, Persia, India, and China.