TRAVEL MAURIZI VINCENZO History of Seyd Said Sultan of Mus

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[MAURIZI, VINCENZO.] History of Seyd Said, Sultan of Muscat; together with an Account of the Countries and People on the Shores of the Persian Gulf, particularly of the Wahabees. Folding engraved map of Muscat (browned, heavily offsetting onto title); folding meteorological table. [24], 174 pages, including errata leaf. 8vo, contemporary calf, spine imperfect, front cover detached, with front free endpaper and map adhered; contents toned, several leaves severely foxed in middle of volume. London, 1819

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first edition. Based on his extended stay there as the ruler's personal physician, "Maurizi's History of Seyd Said, published in English translation from the Italian manuscript in 1819, was the first European account of Oman and provided a fascinating study of daily life in Muscat and of the personality of its sultan"--Howgego II, 634.