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Doughty, Charles Montagu
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
- 'Travels in Arabia Deserta'. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1888
- Paper, ink, leather
Two volumes, 8vo. Half-titles, plates and in-text illustrations, publisher's advertisements at end of vol. I, folding map in the rear pocket of vol. I; scattered foxing, one or two closed marginal tears, splits to folding map. Later quarter green morocco over green cloth covered boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, second, third, and fourth gilt-lettered; corners bumped, some rubbing to cloth, original pictorially gilt dark green cloth bound into each volume.
Condition
Two volumes, 8vo. Half-titles, plates and in-text illustrations, publisher's advertisements at end of vol. I, folding map in the rear pocket of vol. I; scattered foxing, one or two closed marginal tears, splits to folding map. Later quarter green morocco over green cloth covered boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, second, third, and fourth gilt-lettered; corners bumped, some rubbing to cloth, original pictorially gilt dark green cloth bound into each volume.
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The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The condition report is provided to assist you with assessing the condition of the lot and is for guidance only. Any reference to condition in the condition report for the lot does not amount to a full description of condition. The images of the lot form part of the condition report for the lot provided by Sotheby's. Certain images of the lot provided online may not accurately reflect the actual condition of the lot. In particular, the online images may represent colours and shades which are different to the lot's actual colour and shades. The condition report for the lot may make reference to particular imperfections of the lot but you should note that the lot may have other faults not expressly referred to in the condition report for the lot or shown in the online images of the lot. The condition report may not refer to all faults, restoration, alteration or adaptation because Sotheby's is not a professional conservator or restorer but rather the condition report is a statement of opinion genuinely held by Sotheby's. For that reason, Sotheby's condition report is not an alternative to taking your own professional advice regarding the condition of the lot.
Catalogue Note
First edition. "'Travels in Arabia Desert'... is an unrivalled encyclopaedia of knowledge about all aspects of nineteenth-century and earlier Arabia... Sir Richard Francis Burton praised the book's scientific knowledge and its style... So reliable was the book's anthropology of the Bedouin peoples and its topography, that British intelligence mined it for information during the First and Second World wars. Doughty's contributions to all areas of Arabian knowledge continue to be praised by scholars. His principal geographical achievement was to confirm 'that the Wady er-Rummah system drains a large area, and definitely to the east', but his main contribution may well be the description of the land use, economy, and other features of the forty-odd settlements that he visited... His book is one of many sources that describe nineteenth-century Arabian history, but 'no single work paints an overall picture of nineteenth-century Arabian society that tells us more', according to historian Bayly Winder" (ODNB).