WOMEN OF TURKEY AND THEIR FOLK-LORE, by Lucy M.J. Garnett, with Introductory Chapters by John S. Stuart-Glennie. Includes a color, ethnographic fold-open map.

TWO VOLUMES (complete in two volumes):

Volume I: THE CHRISTIAN WOMEN, with Introductory Chapters on the Ethnography of Turkey and Folk Conceptions of Nature.

Volume II: THE JEWISH AND MOSLEM WOMEN, with Concluding Chapters on the ORIGINS OF MATRIARCHY.

LONDON: David Nutt, 1890 and 1891. First editions.

Hardcovers, professionally rebacked and reinforced making the two volumes solid, well bound, and attractive; burgundy cloth covered spine with original spine leather mounted to spine cloth, marbled paper covered boards, leather corners; 6x8.5 inches (14x21.5 cm). Pagination: lxxviii, 382; xvi, 616. The folding color map is present (it is often lacking) and bound in V.I following page liv.

GOOD condition: The covers have been professionally restored, the boards have scrapes and rubs, the spine leather has numerous chips, overall these covers are now sturdy and attractive; internally, there a previous owner's signature at the top of the half-title page of each volume, otherwise the inner pages are very nice, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, well-preserved set.

Important book about Women of Turkey, written by a woman.

About LUCY GARNETT (from Wikipedia):

******Lucy Mary Jane Garnett, b.1849 d.1934, was a British folklorist, ethnographer, and traveler. She is best known for her work in what is now Turkey, Northern Greece and Albania.******