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Erscheinungsdatum: 1772
Anbieter: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
Aus eigenen Beobachtungen und im Lande selbst gesammleten Nachrichten. First edition on large and thick paper. 2 engraved vignettes, 19 plates of which 1 hand coloured, 6 maps. 4to. Contemporary mottled calf, back gilt in compartments preserving original label. joints repaired. xlviii, 434pp. Copenhagen, The best eighteenth century topographical account of Arabia, with a description of Yemen which has probably never been surpassed. Niebuhr was the surveyor and sole survivor of a party of five specialists despatched by King Frederick V of Denmark. They first visited Sinai, then moved south to Mokha, and by ship to Bombay from where Niebuhr travelled alone to Muscat, Shiraz, Persepolis, Bagdad, Aleppo.