Lot 222
  • 222

Burton, Richard Francis

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • Burton, Richard Francis
  • The Land of Midian (Revisited). London: C. Kegan Paul and Co., 1879
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo, (vol.1) xxviii, 338pp.; (vol.2) viii, 320pp., 32pp. adverts, folding map, 16 plates, 6 coloured, original pictorial light brown cloth, slipcase

Literature

Casada 44; Penzer, p.96

Condition

A fine copy
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Catalogue Note

This return visit of 1877-1878 continued the work begun on an earlier expedition, the narrative of which was published in 1878 (see lot 221).