A View of the Levant: Particularly Of Constantinople, Syria, Egypt, and Greece. In Which Their Antiquities, Government, Politics, Maxims, Manners, and Customs, (with many other Circumstances and Contingencies) are attempted to be Described and Treated on. In Four Parts. By Charles Perry, M.D.

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Creator

Perry, Charles

Title

Date

1743

Bibliographic Citation

Perry, Charles, (1698-1780), A View of the Levant: Particularly Of Constantinople, Syria, Egypt, and Greece. In Which Their Antiquities, Government, Politics, Maxims, Manners, and Customs, (with many other Circumstances and Contingencies) are attempted to be Described and Treated on. In Four Parts. By Charles Perry, M.D. London: Printed for T. Woodward, between the Temple Gates in Fleet-street and C. Davis, near Middle-Row, in Holborn, Printers to the Royal Society; and J. Shuckburgh, at the Sun, near the Temple Gate, in Fleet Street. M.DCC.XLIII. (1743)

Description

xviii + [8] + 524 [recte 516] + [4] p. 37 cm. Ill: 20 engraved plates (numbered 1-33: nos 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-15, 16-17 & 26-27 on 6 plates) of which 7 are double-page.

Identifier

Φ1263

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Printer

T. Woodward; & C. Davis, Printers to the Royal Society; J. Shuckburgh

Traveller

Perry, Charles

General Remarks

First edition. A second edition appeared in 1770. Translated into German in 1754 and 1765. References: Blackmer 1291; Chatzipanagioti-Sangmeister 0805
Hilmy II 108; Atabey 940; Röhricht 1415; Weber 523.
In four parts, as follows:
pp. [1]-118: “A View of the Levant. Part I. Contains Observations and Remarks on the […] Ottoman Empire […]” including, on pp. 55-113, “An Account of the Rebellion and Revolution which happened at Constantinople in Sept. 1830”
pp. 119-144: “A View of the Levant. Part II. Contains an Account of a Voyage from Constantinople to the Holy Land, and of all the most notable and memorable Things to be seen throughout the Kingdom of Syria, from Jerusalem as far as Aleppo”.
pp. 145-478: “A View of the Levant. Part III. Containing Observations and Remarks, Historical and Critical, on the Government, Politics, Maxims, Manners and Customs of the Egyptians, especially at Grand Cairo […]”.
pp. 479-517: “A View of the Levant. Part IV. Containing an Account of a Voyage from Alexandria to Athens, with some other Parts of Greece; and of such Remains as that famous City at present exhibits to view”.

Remarks book

xviii=[i] t-p, [ii] blank [iii]-[iv] Dedication to John, Earl of Sandwich; [v]-xviii Preface; [8]=List of Subscribers; [4] Index

Remarks content

Charles Perry travelled to the Levant in 1739-1742. He travelled through France and Italy to Constantinople and thence to Egypt, Syria and the Holy Land. On his return voyage, he travelled from Alexandria to Athens via Rhodes, Kos, Leros, Patmos, Ikaria, Tinos and Kea, islands which he describes in this work. His book contains long sections on the Ottoman Empire and Egypt, as well as a detailed account of the antiquities of Athens.

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Κωνσταντινούπολη, [1739-1742], Ιερουσαλήμ [1739-1742], Άγιοι Τόποι [1739-1742], Συρία [1739-1742], Αίγυπτος [1739-1742], Κύπρος [1739-1742], Αλεξάνδρεια [1739-1742], Κως [1739-1742], Λέρος [1739-1742], Πάτμος [1739-1742], Ικαρία [1739-1742], Τήνος [1739-1742], Κέα [1739-1742], Αθήνα [1739-1742]

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Perry, Charles, “A View of the Levant: Particularly Of Constantinople, Syria, Egypt, and Greece. In Which Their Antiquities, Government, Politics, Maxims, Manners, and Customs, (with many other Circumstances and Contingencies) are attempted to be Described and Treated on. In Four Parts. By Charles Perry, M.D. ,” travelogues, accessed February 26, 2025, https://english.travelogues.gr/items/show/40845.