The Nestorians and Their Rituals: With the Narrative of a Mission to Mesopotamia and Coordistan in 1842-1844, and of a Late Visit to Those Countries in 1850; also, Researches into the Present Condition of the Syrian Jacobites, Papal Syrians, and Chaldeans, and an Inquiry into the Religious Tenets of the Yezeedees

London: Joseph Masters, 1852. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. 2 vols. illustrations (including 11 tinted plates, two frontises, and 2 linen folding maps), index (to Vol. I but not Vol. II), xxiv, 448, xiii, 426p. plus 52p. publisher's catalog dated October, 1851. Original purple cloth. 23cm. Backstrip faded to brown. Splitting along joints. Appears to have been completely or partially rebacked with most of original backstrips present. Inner hinges stiff (new free endpapers partially pasted down). Former owner's name. Note in one of the volumes indicates that this set was purchased from us sometime in the past and then had work done on it by a binder in Athens. Folding maps creased several times and misfolded. (Inventory #: 84262)