Apr 07, 2011 - Sale 2242

Sale 2242 - Lot 24

Price Realized: $ 6,960
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
BURTON, RICHARD FRANCIS, Sir. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah. 14 plates, comprising 5 chromolithographs, 8 tinted lithographs, and one uncolored wood-engraving; 4 maps and plans, 3 of them folding. Errata leaf in Volume 1 and half-title in Volume 3, as issued. Publisher's 24-page catalogue at end of Volume 1 dated March 1855. 3 volumes. 8vo, modern 1/2 tan calf gilt with red and green morocco lettering pieces; occasional marginal toning, minor marginal foxing on some plates and text leaves. London, 1855-56

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first edition of Burton's best-known work, "not only a great adventure narrative but also a classic commentary on Muslim life and manners, especially on the annual pilgrimage" (EB). Abbey Travel 368; Casada 53; Penzer, pages 49-50.