BURTON, SIR RICHARD FRANCIS.

The Gold Mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities. A Fortnight's Tour in North-Western Arabia. Folding map. Half-title. Ad leaf at end. 8vo, modern morocco; preliminaries heavily foxed. London, 1878 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.