including a journey from Aleppo, across the Euphrates to Orfah, (the Ur of the Chaldees) through the plains of the Turcomans, to Diabekar, in Asia Minor; from thence to Mardin, on the borders of the Great Desert, and by the Tigris to Mousel and Bagdad: with researches on the ruins of Babylon, Nineveh, Arbela, Ctesiphon, and Seleucia.
London, Colburn, 1827
The second part of Buckingham's overland journey to India from Egypt in 1816-17. 'An account, in diary form, of an Englishman dressed as an Arab, travelling with caravan ... Buckingham was a man of considerable learning and adjusted to new environments with grace and ease. He was also one of the first travellers who could write well.' (Ghani).
First edition. 4to, xvi, 571 pp., engraved folding map, lithographed plan and plate, wood-engraved illustrations, a little light damp-staining to plates, contemporary burgundy morocco gilt, lightly rubbed, a very good example.
First edition. 4to, xvi, 571 pp., engraved folding map, lithographed plan and plate, wood-engraved illustrations, a little light damp-staining to plates, contemporary burgundy morocco gilt, lightly rubbed, a very good example.
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