Auction 48 Part 1 The East is a delicate matter, Petrukha...
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LOT 49:

Blunt, John. The Peoples Of Turkey. Twenty years of residence among Bulgarians, Greeks, Turks, Albanians and ...

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Blunt, John. The Peoples Of Turkey. Twenty years of residence among Bulgarians, Greeks, Turks, Albanians and Armenians of the Consul's daughter and wife. In 2 vols 1-2.
Saint Petersburg: Publishing House Of L. F. Panteleev, 1879.
Vol. 1: [4], 187 p.
Vol. 2: [4], 212 p.
Composite owner's binding of the epoch. Out-of-date seals on the title page of the first volume.
Fox spots. Notes on the title page. Pre-revolutionary seal and stamp of a foreign library.

About the traditions, rituals, education, and religion of the peoples living in Turkey.
"I found it extremely funny in Macedonia to introduce a new bride to her new home:  
as soon as she crossed the threshold, a noose was thrown around her neck and her husband dragged her along,
 giving her an object lesson in the animal obedience expected of her; when crossing the first hearthstone,
 she was forced to hit her head against the wall, as a warning about the punishment she could expect if she misbehaved."

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