NIEBUHR (CARSTEN)


Voyage en Arabie et en d'autres pays de l'Orient. Avec l'extrait de sa description de l'Arabie & des observations de Mr. Forskal, 2 vol., 6 folding engraved maps, 19 engraved plates, contemporary French mottled calf, spines gilt with red and green labels, joints cracked at ends, spines worn at head [Atabey 874; Gay 3589], 8vo, [Bern] En Suisse, chez les libraires associés, 1780
|An attractive copy of the second edition in French, abridged from the author's Reisebeschreibung, including a visit to Persepolis and material from Forksal's works on the flora and fauna of the region. Niebuhr was to be the sole survivor of this expedition to Egypt, Syria and Yemen, all the others, Forksal included, having died from malaria before they reached Mocha.