The Caravan Route Between Egypt and Syria

London: Chatto & Windus, 1881. First English Edition. Hardcover. Very good- to fine condition. Octavo. x, [4] 68, 32pp., 23 plates, incl. frontispiece. Original green cloth, illustrated with gilt motif and ruling, debossed black motif on cover and spine, blind-stamped vignette on back cover. Gilt top edge. Black endpapers. Frontispiece engraving and twenty-two additional full page engravings in text. Title page with publisher's device. The Archduke's travels - comprising parts of America, Africa, and the Mediterranean coasts - from Egypt to Syria are illustrated with twenty-three striking b/w drawings by the author from nature, reproduced on wood by Frederick Havranek, engraved by F. Stolarz and J. Jass of Prague. At rear thirty-two pages of publisher's titles with historiated headpiece. Binding with light wear along edges. Inside front cover with remnants of removed book plate, front free endpaper also with light remnants of removed paper. Verso of title page with library plate, inked parts offsetting to facing page. (Inventory #: 54685)