Narrative of a Pilgramage to El-Medinah and Meccah. London: Longman, Brown [etc.], 1855-1856. 3 volumes, 8 14 lithographed plates and 3 plans, 2 folding, half title in volume III, 24pp. of advertisements at end of volume I. (Some plates browned.) Original blue cloth, uncut (extremities worn, spine blocks slightly twisted).
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Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)
Narrative of a Pilgramage to El-Medinah and Meccah. London: Longman, Brown [etc.], 1855-1856. 3 volumes, 8 14 lithographed plates and 3 plans, 2 folding, half title in volume III, 24pp. of advertisements at end of volume I. (Some plates browned.) Original blue cloth, uncut (extremities worn, spine blocks slightly twisted).
Apart from his translation of the Arabian Nights, this was Burton's longest and most ambitious work. Penzer p. 49. (3)
Narrative of a Pilgramage to El-Medinah and Meccah. London: Longman, Brown [etc.], 1855-1856. 3 volumes, 8 14 lithographed plates and 3 plans, 2 folding, half title in volume III, 24pp. of advertisements at end of volume I. (Some plates browned.) Original blue cloth, uncut (extremities worn, spine blocks slightly twisted).
Apart from his translation of the Arabian Nights, this was Burton's longest and most ambitious work. Penzer p. 49. (3)