Levant.- Asmar (Maria Theresa) Memoirs of a Babylonian Princess.. written by herself, 2 vol., first English edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional very light foxing, original cloth, spines faded, covers a little spotted but a sharp and excellent copy overall, [not in Atabey or Blackmer], 8vo, 1844. ⁂ A superb copy of a rare account of travels through Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine. Asmar (1804-c.1870) managed, against tremendous obstacles, to set up a school for women in Baghdad. She then welcomed in western Christian missionaries who promptly bribed the Turkish government to hand over the licence to them and then terminated Asmar's project.
Levant.- Asmar (Maria Theresa) Memoirs of a Babylonian Princess.. written by herself, 2 vol., first English edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional very light foxing, original cloth, spines faded, covers a little spotted but a sharp and excellent copy overall, [not in Atabey or Blackmer], 8vo, 1844. ⁂ A superb copy of a rare account of travels through Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine. Asmar (1804-c.1870) managed, against tremendous obstacles, to set up a school for women in Baghdad. She then welcomed in western Christian missionaries who promptly bribed the Turkish government to hand over the licence to them and then terminated Asmar's project.
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