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Hodgkin, Thomas (1978-1866). Narrative of a journey to Morocco, in 1863 and 1864. Published 1866. First Edition.
 7 lithographed plates, including frontispiece (4 coloured, 2 tinted), the coloured Moroccan scenes after Hodgkin's drawings. London: T. Cautley Newby, 1866. 268 x 182 mm. Original cloth, elaborate gilt arabesques on front cover, blind similar to reverse. Gilt edges, Pages all clean and tight with minimal ageing. First and Only Edition. Hodgkin, who gave the classic description of lymph adenoma ("Hodgkin's lymphoma"), was a longtime friend and physician to Sir Moses Montefiore, the premier Jewish philanthropist of the mid-19th century, and accompanied him on several missions. Their Moroccan journey, spurred by a case of unjust accusation, imprisonment and torture of a 14-year-old Jewish youth, resulted in the granting of legal status to Jews and Christians alike by the Sultan. The receiving of the embassy by the Sultan is the subject of one of the plates, from Hodgkin's own drawing, and shows him, a small bearded figure, standing in a group of Westerners before the mounted figure of the ruler of Morocco. Hodgkin died before completing editing his travel book

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First Edition.
 7 lithographed plates, including frontispiece (4 coloured, 2 tinted), the coloured Moroccan scenes after Hodgkin's drawings. London: T. Cautley Newby, 1866. 268 x 182 mm. Original cloth, elaborate gilt arabesques on front cover, blind similar to reverse. This lot is part of the collection that came from one of the oldest aristocratic families in British history.