DOUGHTY, Charles M[ontague].
Travels in Arabia Deserta.
Travels in Arabia Deserta.
Stock Code 118770
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 1888.
a classic of travel literature
Doughty's classic work on the exploration of Arabia which contains so much information on the topography of the area that it was used as a text-book by the British army during the Arab Revolt. There are also detailed descriptions of the Bedouin tribes and their customs. The index of Arabic words at the end of volume two is also extensive spanning 148 pages.First edition; 2 vols, 8vo (22 x 15 cm); 8 plates, 5 of which folding, large coloured folding map in pocket, further illustrations in text, bookplate to pastedown of vol 1, clipping of portrait of Doughty tipped in to first blank of vol 1; contemporary half calf by J. P. Gray & Son, marbled boards, spines lettered in gilt in six compartments with gilt palm motifs, a very good set; xx, 623; xiv, 690 pp.
Macro 859; Howgego III, D29.
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