Apr 12, 2010 - Sale 2210

Sale 2210 - Lot 268

Price Realized: $ 1,140
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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
BURTON, RICHARD FRANCIS, Sir. The Gold-Mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities. A Fortnight's Tour in North-Western Arabia. Folding tinted lithographed map. Half-title; integral ad leaf at end, followed by publisher's 32-page catalogue dated 1/78. 8vo, modern 1/2 morocco gilt, covers slightly warped; conspicuous foxing on preliminaries, scattered minor foxing elsewhere. London, 1878
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first edition. Burton's reconnaissance of northwestern Arabia contributed to geographical knowledge of the region, although his efforts at gold prospecting there were unsuccessful, Penzer, pages 95-96; Hogarth, The Penetration of Arabia, pages 178-82.