Lot 222
Burckhardt (John Lewis) Travels in Nubia, first edition, 1819.
Hammer Price: £240
Description
Burckhardt (John Lewis) Travels in Nubia, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 maps (2 folding), lacks advertisement leaf at end, some foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, spine darkened and chipped at head, a little rubbed, [cf.Blackmer 238, second edition], 4to, 1819.
⁂ Burckhardt travelled from Aleppo to Cairo and then made two journeys, one along the Upper Nile, the other through the Nubian desert.
Description
Burckhardt (John Lewis) Travels in Nubia, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 maps (2 folding), lacks advertisement leaf at end, some foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, spine darkened and chipped at head, a little rubbed, [cf.Blackmer 238, second edition], 4to, 1819.
⁂ Burckhardt travelled from Aleppo to Cairo and then made two journeys, one along the Upper Nile, the other through the Nubian desert.
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