London, Richard Bentley, 1839
Visit to Oman. Robert Mignan first visited Muscat in 1820 towards the end of a journey from Moscow through Kurdistan and on to Baghdad, Basra and Bushire. Mignan left Bushire aboard the Amherst. Chapter IX includes an account of Oman, along with the Omani people, the fish along the coast, and Muscat. Chapter X describes a military operation in the Gulf.
First edition; 2 vols, 8vo, half-title in vol. I (not called for in vol. II), 3 plates, a few illustrations in text, contemporary half calf, neat repairs to joints, a very good set.
Marshall (European Travellers in Oman), p. 21.
First edition; 2 vols, 8vo, half-title in vol. I (not called for in vol. II), 3 plates, a few illustrations in text, contemporary half calf, neat repairs to joints, a very good set.
Marshall (European Travellers in Oman), p. 21.
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