ABU TALEB KHAN, Mirza. The Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan in Asia, Africa, and Europe, during the Years 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, and 1803. Written by himself, in the Persian Language. Translated by Charles Stewart, Broxbourn: R. Watts, 1810, 2 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait (portrait stained at margin, spotting throughout), contemporary boards (lightly stained, rebacked with modern blue morocco gilt). [Cox III, 108] (2)

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ABU TALEB KHAN, Mirza. The Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan in Asia, Africa, and Europe, during the Years 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, and 1803. Written by himself, in the Persian Language. Translated by Charles Stewart, Broxbourn: R. Watts, 1810, 2 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait (portrait stained at margin, spotting throughout), contemporary boards (lightly stained, rebacked with modern blue morocco gilt). [Cox III, 108] (2)

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Cox: "Quarterly Review vol. 4, pp.86 ff., 1810: 'A bona fide Mahomedan has produced a tour.' Deprived of an appointment held under the East india Company in India, he took advantage of his leisure to go on a tour, which he hoped would bring about his death. But he survived and arrived in the British Isles, where he visited parts of Ireland and England, thence went to France, Italy, Constantinople, Busserah, and back to India..."