Carsten Niebuhr (b. Lüdingworth 1733, d. Holsten 1815)
Carsten Niebuhr: Beschreibung von Arabien. Cph. 1772. First edition. With engraved titlepage, 24 engravings, a geneaological table and one folded map. Map hand-coloured in outline (Terræ Yemen). Bound in cont. full calf binding, label on spine with gilt lettering. Slight worming with no damage to text or engravings.
Complete 1st edition of Niebuhr's famous classical account of his Arabian travel, being the first scientific expedition to Arabia Felix. With the famous map of Yemen and the large folded map of the Arab Gulf “Mare Rubrum seu Sinus Arabicus”.
Some wear to edges.
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