Item #34969 Journey Through Arabia Petraea to Mount Sinai, and the Excavated City of Petra, the Edom of the Prophecies. M. Léon de Laborde.
Journey Through Arabia Petraea to Mount Sinai, and the Excavated City of Petra, the Edom of the Prophecies
Journey Through Arabia Petraea to Mount Sinai, and the Excavated City of Petra, the Edom of the Prophecies

Journey Through Arabia Petraea to Mount Sinai, and the Excavated City of Petra, the Edom of the Prophecies

London: John Murray, 1836. First English edition of this important work of travel and exploration that was first published in France in 1836. The author was one of the first travelers to this region, and the first to spend enough time to document his trip with his writings, illustrations, and maps. Bound in contemporary blind stamped brown leather, with six spine compartments with debossing and gilt titling. Covers are scraped, rubbed, bumped and worn. Interior pages are in very good condition, with light occasional foxing and some offsetting from tissue guards, With folded map in near fine condition, 26 plates, and numerous text illustrations throughout. Octavo. 331 pages. TRAVEL/030921.

Item #34969

Price: $300.00