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Niebuhr; Forskal : Voyage de M. Niebuhr en Arabie et en d autres Pays de l Orient. Avec l extrait de sa description de l Arabie & des observations de Mr. Forskal / Avec des figures en taille-douce & des cartes geographiques

Libraires Associes, Switzerland [Geneva], 1780

Recent ¼ brown morocco on marble boards, spine with six compartments of raised gilt bands, floral motifs and text in 4, black morocco label in 2. Edges tinted red. , Text and plates are clean and crisp; a fine example., 8vo, P. Vol 1. (4), title, (1), i-viii, 1-428, (4); Vol. 2. (2), title, (1), iii-viii, 1-464, (4)., Title with publisher’s device, illustrated with headpieces and tailpieces, and complete with 6 folding maps and 19 plates (including the important Yemen map).

Text in French.
Niebuhr‘s "work on Arabia was the first European attempt at a complete account of Arabia, its people and their way of life. He amassed a vast quantity of factual information which he relates in a simple unrhetorical fashion, distinguishing clearly between things observed personally and things learned from others. The expedition, which lasted six years, was sponsored by the Danish king, and included the brilliant Swedish scientist, Peter Forsskal, who died while in Yemen".
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