BURTON, RICHARD F (1821-1890), CAPTAIN SIR Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Mecca. Memorial edition. London: Tylston and Edwards, 1893.
Lot 871
450500
2 vols. 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). xxviii+[ii]+436; xii+[ii]+479 pp.
Publisher's original black cloth, sides decorated with gilt vignettes, spines lettered in gilt, black-coated endpapers, top edges dyed red. In total 47 plates including frontispiece to each album, the majority lithographic plates (either tinted or full color), and folding map illustrating Burton's route. Foxing, paper aging , coverbook damaged.