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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: A.J. Valpy for Henry Colburn, 1829. 2 volumes. 5 folding engraved maps and plans (First folding map with small tear at inner margin, maps slightly spotted.) Blackmer 239. [With:] J.L. BURCKHARDT. Notes on the Bedouins and Wahabys, collected during his Travels in the East, by ... Burckhardt. London: A.J. Valpy for Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. 2 volumes. 1 folding engraved map. (Some spotting to map.)
2 works in 4 volumes, 8° (215 x 135mm). Uniform calf gilt, covers with double-fillet border, spines in six compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering-pieces in the second and third compartments, the others with repeat decoration of a double-fillet border in gilt, marbled endpapers, marbled edges (slight discolouration of spines).
FIRST OCTAVO EDITIONS. Travels in Arabia and Notes on the Bedouins and Wahabys were two 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 in great straits for money, he was relieved 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. (4)
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: A.J. Valpy for Henry Colburn, 1829. 2 volumes. 5 folding engraved maps and plans (First folding map with small tear at inner margin, maps slightly spotted.) Blackmer 239. [With:] J.L. BURCKHARDT. Notes on the Bedouins and Wahabys, collected during his Travels in the East, by ... Burckhardt. London: A.J. Valpy for Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. 2 volumes. 1 folding engraved map. (Some spotting to map.)
2 works in 4 volumes, 8° (215 x 135mm). Uniform calf gilt, covers with double-fillet border, spines in six compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering-pieces in the second and third compartments, the others with repeat decoration of a double-fillet border in gilt, marbled endpapers, marbled edges (slight discolouration of spines).
FIRST OCTAVO EDITIONS. Travels in Arabia and Notes on the Bedouins and Wahabys were two 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 in great straits for money, he was relieved 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. (4)
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