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158 - John Mason: Three Years in Turkey, the journal of a medical mission to the Jews. London, [1860]
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John Mason: Three Years in Turkey, the journal of a medical mission to the Jews. London, [1860] First edition, in 8vo, contemporary publishers blue cloth slightly rubbed, spine sunned and restored, text clean and bright, complete 383p. Οverall in almost very good condition Mason, a physician and medical missionary, travelled widely in the Levant.His detailed journal is a very accurate description of the Levant of the mid 19th century. Trying to promote Christianity among the Jewish populations described both the successes and the heavy resistance the mission faced from the local communities. His personal observations on the Levantine society, the status of Christian minority groups and the daily life of the ordinary people are precious.He cover extensively northern Greece, including Thessaloniki, a city with large Jewish presence, as well western Anatolia. A very rare account
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Travels and discoveries in Greece and the Levant The Library of a Greek gentleman, Part DAuction house
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