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John Lewis BURCKHARDT. Travels in Arabia, Comprehending...

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John Lewis BURCKHARDT. Travels in Arabia, Comprehending An Account of Those Territories in Hedjaz Which The Mohammedans Regard As Sacred. London, Henry Colburn, 1829. In-4, contemporary calf boards, modern black percaline spine. 500/600 Blackmer, 239 / Graesse, I-575 /// III to XVI-478. Rare first edition illustrated with a folding map and 4 steel-engraved hors-texte plans. Missing an introductory leaf (faux-titre?). Binding rubbed with spine rebacked, first 4 leaves angularly missing, plates pitted and facing leaves discharged, stamp scratched on title and library mark on last leaf.