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BURTON, RICHARD F., Sir. 1855-56 Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah. 3 vols.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah. 14 plates, comprising 5 chromolithographs, 8 tinted lithographs, and one uncolored wood-engraving; 4 maps and plans, 3 of them folding. Errata leaf in Volume 1 and half-title in Volume 3, as issued. Publisher's 24-page catalogue at end of Volume 1 dated September 1854, and at end of Volume 3 dated November 1855. 3 volumes. 8vo, original gilt-lettered blue cloth, bindings slightly cocked, spines darkened and rubbed, spine ends and cover corners worn, Volume 1 with surface imperfection on front cover, rear hinge cracked, and minor stains on several text leaves, minor foxing on Volume 3 preliminaries. London, 1855-56
- Notes: first edition of Burton''s best-known work, "not only a great adventure narrative but also a classic commentary on Muslim life and manners, especially on the annual pilgrimage" (EB). Abbey Travel 368; Casada 53; Penzer, pages 49-50.
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