2 volumes, 8vo. With folding color-printed route map, 27 lithographed plates (11 folding), and illustrations. Original publisher's cloth (recased preserving original endpapers). Provenance: Benjamin Fuller (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, of the account of the lands and tribes of Syria, written by Burton and Drake while Burton was British consul in Damascus. Together they explored the volcanic regions east of that city and the highlands of Syria. Volume one includes 10 fold-out plates reproducing inscriptions found on the Hanath Stones. The remaining plates include reproductions of shells, plants, and Burton's collection of anthropological materials from the Holy Land. Blackmer 247; Casada 68; Penzer pp, 85-88.