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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. 8vo, modern 1/4 burgundy morocco gilt with black title labels; few professional tissue repairs to edges; ex-library, with ink stamp on title and a few internal pages. London, 1878
- Notes: first edition. Although his efforts at gold prospecting there were unsuccessful, Burton's reconnaissance of northwestern Arabia contributed significantly to geographical knowledge of the region. Penzer, pages 95-96; Hogarth, The Penetration of Arabia, pages 178-82.
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