RARETRAVELBOOKS

8vo, original publisher's cloth, traces of use/age with small repair. xv, [1 errata], 650, [6 ads.] with 6 chromolithographed plates including frontispiece and many wood engravings in the text. Only scattered minor foxing. Scarce... In November 1868 Prince Albert Edward (later King Edward VII) and Princess Alexandra of Wales embarked on HMS Ariadne for a 7 month tour, during which the royal couple travelled along the Nile and visited the antiquities of Egypt prior to inspecting the newly constructed Suez Canal. The Prince and Princess also visited Constantinople, the battlefields of the Crimea and Greece. Journalist Russell accompanied the couple... antiquarian bookshop specialized in travel, voyages, exploration, discovery and adventure, atlases and antique maps