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Carsten Niebuhr. Voyage en Arabie & en D’autres Pays Circonvoisins.

Auction 76 · Lot 253

Carsten Niebuhr. Voyage en Arabie & en D’autres Pays Circonvoisins.

Estimate
$1,200–$1,800
Hammer price
$1,600

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(TRAVEL)

printer

S.J. Baalde and J. van Schoonhoven

Place

Amsterdam and Utrecht

Publication

v.d

Description

First edition in French. Two volumes. Extensive folding maps and engraved plates. 1776-80. * WITH: Carsten Niebuhr. Description de L’Arabie Faite Sur des observations propres et des avis recueillis dans les lieux memes. Second edition in French. Maps and plates. 1774. * AND: Johann David Michaelis. Recueil de questions, proposées à une société de savants, qui par ordre de Sa Majesté Danoise font le voyage de l’Arabie. FIRST EDITION. Occasional use of Arabic and of Hebrew. 1774. Together, four volumes.

references

Brunet IV, 74.

summary

Carsten Niebuhr (1733-1815) writings of the ill-fated Danish scientific expedition to Arabia, during which all but one of the participants died.
Foxed and lightly worn in places. Contemporary uniform mottled calf with morocco spine labels, scuffed. Lg. 4to.
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