Burton, Richard F. (1821-1890) Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah

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Burton, Richard F. (1821-1890) Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1855.
First edition, three octavo volumes, illustrated with fourteen plates, as follows: five chromolithographs, eight tinted lithographs, and one full-page wood engraving; with one folding map and three plans (two folding),half-title in volume three; no ads at the end of volume one, errata slip after the preface in volume one; bound in uniform contemporary three-quarter morocco, marbled paper boards, text leaves toned, some foxing to end leaves, limited minor interior spotting, bindings somewhat dry, joints and corners rubbed, heads slightly chipped, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (3)
Estimate $4,000-6,000


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