2041/6084

Carsten Niebuhr (b. Lüdingworth 1733, d. Holsten 1815)

Carsten Niebuhr: Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien und anderen umliegenden Ländern. 2 vols. Cph: Nicolaus Möller 1774–1778. 4to. Illustrated with a map (Terræ Yemen) and total of 72 + 52 engraved plates, plans and maps. XVI, (6), 505 pp. + (16), 479 pp. Plates in vol. I on very-light-blue strong paper. Bound in cont. full calf with decorations andred edges. Bindings with signs of wear due to age and use. (2)

Niebuhr's classic travel book. Niebuhr was the sole survivor of a party of five specialists dispatched by King Frederick V of Denmark on this scientific expedition. They visited Sinai, then moved south to Mokha, and by ship to Bombay from where Niebuhr travelled alone to Muscat, Shiraz, Persepolis and Bagdad. The work contains illustrations of costumes, musical instruments and monuments. A good copy of this classic travel book.

Graesse IV, 674.

Provenance: The Danish pharmacist Sven-Erik Sandermann Olsen (1920–2016)

Auction

Books and manuscripts, 6 October 2020

12 bids

When	Bidder	Bid
6 October at 6:20 pm		16,500 DKK
6 October at 6:20 pm	(Auto bid)	16,000 DKK
6 October at 6:20 pm		16,000 DKK
6 October at 6:20 pm	(Auto bid)	15,500 DKK
6 October at 6:20 pm		15,000 DKK
6 October at 5:37 pm	(Auto bid)	14,500 DKK
6 October at 5:37 pm		14,000 DKK
6 October at 5:36 pm	(Auto bid)	13,500 DKK
6 October at 5:36 pm		13,000 DKK
6 October at 5:36 pm	(Auto bid)	12,500 DKK
6 October at 5:36 pm		12,000 DKK
6 October at 2:15 pm		10,500 DKK