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BURTON, SIR RICHARD F. The Gold-Mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities. A Fortnight's Tour in North-Western Arabia. Folding map.
BURTON, SIR RICHARD F. The Gold-Mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities. A Fortnight's Tour in North-Western Arabia. Folding map. Half-title; lacks final ad leaf. 8vo, late 19th-/early 20th-century 1/2 morocco attractively gilt, uniform with the following lot, front joint rubbed. London, 1878
- Notes: first edition. Burton's reconnaissance of northwestern Arabia contributed significantly to geographical knowledge of the region, although his efforts at gold prospecting there were unsuccessful, Penzer, pages 95-96; Hogarth, The Penetration of Arabia, pages 178-82.
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