Author: Blunt, Lady Ann
Title: Voyage en Arabie. Pélerinage au Nedjed. Berceau de la race Arabe. Ouvrage traduit de l'anglaise avec l'autorisation de l'auteur par L. Derome.
Description: Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1882. Original darkgreen half leather binding on 4 raised bands with gilt compartments by Ch. Magnier Rel., all edges gilt, (4), LXVIII, 447+1pp. Ca. 23 x 15,5 cm.'Contenant 1 carte et 60 gravures sur bois, dessinées par G. Vuillier. D'après les aquarelles de Lady Anne Blunt.' First edition in French language. Lady Anne Isabella Blunt was the only child of Lord Byron. Her knowlegde of Arabic was profound; she was the first European woman to penetrate the Arabian Peninsula; this work covers her journey with her husband, Wilfred Scawen Blunt, to Najad. In 1879 she published her book 'Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates'. With reading ribbon; blind stamped front-and backcover; ruststained in places (especially in the beginning and at the end); map browned. However a good copy.

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