first edition Hardcover
1879 · London
by Burton, Richard Francis
London: John Murray, 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. royal blue cloth. Very good. 444 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Four fold-out color maps. Index. 12 pages of adverts. Contains Burton's "Itineraries of the Second Khedivial Expedition: Memoir explaining the New Map of Midian made by the Egyptian Staff-oficers"; and, "A Visit to Lissa and Pelagosa." The two Burton contributions are responsible for more than half the text in this report. Covers decorated with fillets in blind, backstrip lettering and decoration in gilt. Bookplate of James William Bryans, Regiment Bombay Army "Persia" XXII. Slight marginal page toning. (Inventory #: 22165)