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JOHN LEWIS BURCKHARDT (1784-1817)
Travels in Arabia, comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred ... published by authority of the Association for promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa. Edited by William Ouseley. London: printed by A.J Valpy for Henry Colburn, 1829. 4° (282 x 220mm.). Half-title, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end, folding engraved map, 4 engraved plans, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end (Some spotting to first and last few leaves.) Original publisher's boards, letterpress paper title label pasted onto back-strip (as called for), uncut (backstrip chipped at head and foot, joints slightly split, largely unopened), modern blue cloth drop-back box.
FIRST EDITION. Travels in Arabia was one of five works edited from the journals of Burckhardt, all posthumously-published by the Association which had sent him to Africa. The Swiss-born explorer had crossed to Jeddah from Suakin on July 20, 1814. Suffering from fever and short of money, he was helped by Mohammed Aly, the viceroy of Egypt, who also consented to let him visit Mecca as a Moslem pilgrim, despite being aware of his true identity. After passing an examination in the religion of Islam, and in fact surprising his judges by his degree of learning, Burckhardt became the first European to have performed the rites of pilgrimage at Mecca. Although the penalty of discovery would probably have been death, he mixed freely with the pilgrims, and in the following January joined a caravan to Medina, in order to visit the prophet's tomb. Prostrated by fever until April, he returned to Egypt in an exhausted condition, via Yembo, arriving at Cairo in June 1815. Blackmer 239; Gay 3606.
Travels in Arabia, comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred ... published by authority of the Association for promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa. Edited by William Ouseley. London: printed by A.J Valpy for Henry Colburn, 1829. 4° (282 x 220mm.). Half-title, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end, folding engraved map, 4 engraved plans, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end (Some spotting to first and last few leaves.) Original publisher's boards, letterpress paper title label pasted onto back-strip (as called for), uncut (backstrip chipped at head and foot, joints slightly split, largely unopened), modern blue cloth drop-back box.
FIRST EDITION. Travels in Arabia was one of five works edited from the journals of Burckhardt, all posthumously-published by the Association which had sent him to Africa. The Swiss-born explorer had crossed to Jeddah from Suakin on July 20, 1814. Suffering from fever and short of money, he was helped by Mohammed Aly, the viceroy of Egypt, who also consented to let him visit Mecca as a Moslem pilgrim, despite being aware of his true identity. After passing an examination in the religion of Islam, and in fact surprising his judges by his degree of learning, Burckhardt became the first European to have performed the rites of pilgrimage at Mecca. Although the penalty of discovery would probably have been death, he mixed freely with the pilgrims, and in the following January joined a caravan to Medina, in order to visit the prophet's tomb. Prostrated by fever until April, he returned to Egypt in an exhausted condition, via Yembo, arriving at Cairo in June 1815. Blackmer 239; Gay 3606.
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