Description
Africa.- Burckhardt (John Lewis) Travels in Nubia, first edition, engraved portrait and 3 engraved maps, 2 folding, advertisement leaf at end, light offsetting to title, maps foxed, slight worming to outer margins towards end, contemporary calf, gilt, rather worn, [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.
Lot 3
Africa.- Burckhardt (John Lewis) Travels in Nubia, first edition, 1819.
Hammer Price: £480
Description
Africa.- Burckhardt (John Lewis) Travels in Nubia, first edition, engraved portrait and 3 engraved maps, 2 folding, advertisement leaf at end, light offsetting to title, maps foxed, slight worming to outer margins towards end, contemporary calf, gilt, rather worn, [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.