collected during his travels in the East...
London, Henry Colburn, 1830
Scarce. Burckhardt's final work in which he gives the finest and fullest account of the tribes of Arabia, including the Wahabis, until that time.
First edition. 4to., x, 439 pp (ads to verso of last leaf), complete with half title, engraved frontispiece map (spotted, offset to title), modern calf-backed marbled boards, vellum tips, red morocco label, a very good copy.
Gay 1963; Hilmy I, 106; Roehricht 1627; Weber I, 169.
First edition. 4to., x, 439 pp (ads to verso of last leaf), complete with half title, engraved frontispiece map (spotted, offset to title), modern calf-backed marbled boards, vellum tips, red morocco label, a very good copy.
Gay 1963; Hilmy I, 106; Roehricht 1627; Weber I, 169.
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