Niebuhr, Carsten

First edition, 2 volumes, 4to (245 x 190mm.), half-titles, 2 engraved title vignettes by Clemens, 123 engraved plates, plans and map (some folding), contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines with raised bands and red and green labels, gilt monogram of Queen Sophia Magdalena of Sweden on upper covers, first few pages in volume 2 with some staining at upper and lower edges, occasional soiling, one or two folding plates with small tears, bindings rubbed, upper cover discoloured and stained

Queen Sophia Magdalena, monogram on covers; Bibl. Hammer, Stockholm, bookplate; Evert Strokirk, bookplate; "The Ottoman World", sale in these rooms, 30 May 2002, lot 1521

Gay 3589; Hilmy II 66; cf. Atabey 873 and Weber II 548 (French editions); not in Blackmer

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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A description of the Danish expedition to Egypt, Arabia and Persia, written by the sole survivor. Queen Sophia Magdalena, to whom this book belonged, was daughter of Frederick V of Denmark, and was married to Gustav III of Sweden.