OSMANLI HAKKINDA KİTAPLAR

A VIEW OF THE LEVANT:
particularly of CONSTANTINOPLE; SYRIA; EGYPT AND GREECE

PERRY, Charles

London, 1743

First Edition

with 33 engraved plates by G. BICKHAM on 20 leaves, seven folding.

Spencer, p.52: “An important work which deserves to be better known”.

Charles Perry (1698-1780) was a British physician and the
author of several treatises on medical matters. From 1739 to
1742 he travelled to France, Italy, Egypt, Palestine,
Constantinople and Greece. The chronicle of his journey is a
superb publication illustrated with thirty-three engravings,which
he dedicated to Sir John Montague, Earl of Sandwich.
Of particular interest are the chapters on Egyptian antiquities
（Perry’s is one of the earliest travel accounts containing such
analytical information on these) and on Patrona Halil’s 1730
rebellion that overthrew Sultan Ahmed III and was financed by
the Greek butcher Yanaki. The edition also includes chapters
on the administration of the Ottoman Empire, a chronological
table of sultans,the voyage from Constantinople to Jerusalem
（calling in at Troy, Chios, Samos, Icaria,Rhodes and the coast
of Caramania), as well as the journey from Alexandria to
Athens.Noteworthy too is the detailed chapter on contemporary
as well as ancient Egypt and the natural history of the region.
After visiting Upper Egypt, and writing on the mythology and
symbols of ancient Egyptian religion, Perry sailed from
Alexandria to Athens. His account of this trip includes very rare
descriptions of the Asclepieion on Cos, Patmos, Tenos,Cea
and Porto-Rafti. While in Athens, he stayed at the home of the
British Consul Nikolos Logothetis. As he describes the town’s
antiquities, he makes references to the character of the Greeks,
whom he considers very intelligent and skillful.