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NIEBUHR Carsten. Description de l'Arabie, faite...

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NIEBUHR Carsten. Description de l'Arabie, faite sur des observations propres et des avis recueillis dans les lieux mêmes. 1774; 1 volume -Joint of the same: Voyage en Arabie & en d'autres pays circonvoisins. 1776; 2 volumes. Amsterdam, S.J. Baalde, 1774-1776; together 3 strong volumes in-4, contemporary granite calf, spines decorated with gilt designs, red parts, slight crack to two spines. First edition of the translation from German by Ferdinand-Louis Mourier. Important copper-engraved illustration comprising in all 150 plates, most of them folded, including many maps. A fine copy, from the library of the geographer J. C. Dezauche with bookplate.