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LIEUTENANT JAMES RAYMOND WELLSTED (1805-1842)
Travels in Arabia. London: William Clowes & Sons for John Murray, 1838. 2 volumes, 8° (220 x 140mm). 8pp. publisher's advertisments, dated Dec.1837, at rear of vol.II. 7 lithographic plates (browned), 5 engraved maps, three folding. (Tear to one folding map, titles lightly spotted.) Original green cloth, blocked in blind, lettered in gilt, uncut (light dampstaining to covers, spines neatly repaired). Provenance: Thomas Lewis (inscription, dated 15 Feb. 18380; William Hearde Thomas, Tinterne Abbey (inscription, dated 1847).
FIRST EDITION. Vol.I concerns Oman and 'Nakab El Hajar', vol.II includes descriptions of Sinai, the 'Gulf of Akabah and the Coasts of Arabia and Nubia'. Gay 3603. (2)
Travels in Arabia. London: William Clowes & Sons for John Murray, 1838. 2 volumes, 8° (220 x 140mm). 8pp. publisher's advertisments, dated Dec.1837, at rear of vol.II. 7 lithographic plates (browned), 5 engraved maps, three folding. (Tear to one folding map, titles lightly spotted.) Original green cloth, blocked in blind, lettered in gilt, uncut (light dampstaining to covers, spines neatly repaired). Provenance: Thomas Lewis (inscription, dated 15 Feb. 18380; William Hearde Thomas, Tinterne Abbey (inscription, dated 1847).
FIRST EDITION. Vol.I concerns Oman and 'Nakab El Hajar', vol.II includes descriptions of Sinai, the 'Gulf of Akabah and the Coasts of Arabia and Nubia'. Gay 3603. (2)