LABORDE, LEON DE. Voyage de l'Arabie Petree. Lithographed vignette title and 69 plates (mostly mounted India proofs), maps, and plans; wood-engraved text illustrations. Half-title. Folio, 588x415 mm, contemorary .5 red straight-grain morocco, flat

LABORDE, LEON DE. Voyage de l'Arabie Petree. Lithographed vignette title and 69 plates (mostly mounted India proofs), maps, and plans; wood-engraved text illustrations. Half-title. Folio, 588x415 mm, contemorary .5 red straight-grain morocco, flat spine attractively gilt in romantic style, joints rubbed; moderate foxing on text leaves light marginal foxing on plate mounts, plates generally clean. Paris 1830 [5,000-7000 FIRST EDITION. "Laborde made the journey to Petra with the engineer Linant de Bellefonds in February 1828, travelling from Suez via St. Catherine's and Akabah. They were the first to makedetailed drawings of the area"-Blackmer sale 757.