[COMPTESSE VALERIE DE GASPARIN]: Voyage au Levant, la Grece , l Egypte, la Nubie le desert et la Syrie. [ Paris c.1860] Fourth edition of one of the earliest travel accounts in the Levant written by a lady traveler. In 8vo (19 x 13 cm). Contemporary brown cloth over marbled boards, preserving the publisher’s original green paper covers. Text with some scattered spotting in a few pages, otherwise clean. Complete in two n volumes: [10], 428 p.; 392 p. Overall in very good condition. Lady Gasparin (1813–1894) was a Swiss traveler. The first volume is devoted to her journey in Greece in 1847. After Athens, she toured extensively through the country, with three chapters covering the Morea and three others Athens and central Greece - amounting to more than 200 pages in total. This lengthy and valuable account includes numerous observations that only a woman of her time could remark upon, such as the situation of women in Greek society, domestic life, food diversity, and household customs. Despite its multiple editions, the work remains rare and sought-after.