BURCKHARDT, NOTES ON THE BEDOUINS AND WAHABYS, 1890

FIRST EDITION, 4to (271 x 205mm.), engraved frontispiece map, illustrations in the text, contemporary diced russia, occasional spotting, last leaf backed with cloth, lacking divisional title, rebacked, upper joint splitting, slightly rubbed and soiled

William Dowdeswell, armorial bookplate

Röhricht 1627; not in Blackmer

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
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The final work of the distinguished Swiss explorer, published posthumously by the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa.