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MONRO, Vere, Rev. A Summer Ramble in Syria, with a Tartar Trip from Aleppo to Stamboul. London: Richard Bentley, 1835. 2 volumes in one, 8vo (206 x 130 mm). 2 lithographed frontispieces after drawings by C.E. Morno (frontispiece in Volume I a bit dampstained on verso, else clean). Modern half niger antique, marbled boards, raised bands, red and olive morocco lettering–pieces gilt, gilt centerpieces in compartments, renewed endpapers (lacking half–titles). FIRST EDITION. The London & Westminster Review (April 1836) describes Monro’s account as “an uncommon and entertaining narrative of more than ordinary merit"… Monro's “descriptions are spirited and graphic, and his style is lively and idiomatic, devoid of stiffness or affectation". A rare and desirable nineteenth-century account of this Middle Eastern region. Atabey 827; Blackmer 1148; Rohricht 1833; Weber I:234.