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A Pilgrimage to Nejd, by Lady Anne BLUNT

Creator: Lady Anne BLUNT
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

Description
BLUNT, Lady Anne.

A Pilgrimage to Nejd,
the cradle of the Arab race. A visit to the court of the Arab Emir, and 'Our Persian Campaign'.

Stock Code 114252
London, John Murray, 1881

Current price$2,101.00
Accompanied by a descendant of an ancient family of Nejd which had fled to Syria 100 years earlier, the Blunts crossed the great Nejud desert and explored Nejd. They met the Emir, Muhammed ibn Rashid, who received them courteously. the book also includes accounts of hunting, Arabia horses, and a journey to the Arabian Gulf.

First edition; 2 vols, 8vo; colour folding map, 15 wood-engraved plates, illustrations in the text, a little spotting, tear to fold of map without loss; later red half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, rubbed, xxxiv, 273; xii, 283 pp. a very good copy.

Ghani p43; Theakstone p. 30.

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Period:	19th Century
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	114252
Incollect Reference #:	776546

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