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Lot 129
Sale 5524 - Fine Books & Ephemera
Jan 22, 2004
5:00AM ET
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2 vol.s 2 vol.s
Crichton, Andrew. History of Arabia, Ancient and Modern. Edinburgh, 1833. First edition. Sm. 8vo, 18th-century 3/4 purple-brown morocco & marbled bds., gilt-lettered spines; occasionally rubbed. Fold. map + 10 illustrations (additional engraved titles, 3 full-page engravings, 5 text engravings). Some moderate foxing to front matter, other scattered light foxing.
Apparently the first comprehensive history of the Arabs in English.
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