[Asia Minor]. - Lot 22

[Asia Minor]. KINNEIR, John Macdonald. Journey through Asia Minor, Armenia, and Koordistan, in the years 1813 and 1814; with Remarks on the marches of Alexander, and Retreat of the Ten Thousand. London, John Murray, 1818. In-8 reassigned to large in-4 format with each page of the book fixed under watermarked paper passe partout and rebacked. (4)-XII-603 pp, 1 large folding map on strong paper. Later imitation brown basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and cold-stamped motifs, brown morocco title-piece with gilt title, gilt date at foot, gilt roulette framing the boards, marbled edges (some foxing, binding rubbed and worn, spine rebacked with split lower spinebone, map unbound and with a small tear, not missing). Antique label of Luzac & co Oriental bookseller, London. Rare first edition of Kinneir's Voyage. Complete with the large folding map engraved in black on strong paper, Map of Asia Minor, Armenia and Koordistan, showing the marches of Alexander, Xenophon, Julian and Heraclius, by Kinneir and Arrowsmith (tracings colored). Sir John Macdonald Kinneir (1782-1830) was a Scottish officer in the army of the East India Company. A diplomat and traveler, he was attached to John Malcolm's mission to Persia in 1808-1809, and traveled throughout Asia Minor and Persia. From 1813, he spent several years in India. Brunet, III, 663. Blackmer, 914.