NIEBUHR Niebuhr (1733-1815) - Beschreibung von Arabien aus eigenen Beobachtungen und im Lande selbst gesammleten Nachrichten abgefasset. Copenhagen: Nicolas Muller, 1772. First edition of the first comprehensive description of Yemen and Arabia. 4to (251 x 188mm). Engraved vignette on title, 25 engraved plates and maps, some folding, including a unnumbered large folding map of Yemen coloured in outline and a folding plate (title soiled, lacking dedication on a1-a2). Later half calf, title on red label on gilt spine (lightly rubbed). Provenance: Franz Pollack Parnay (booklabel).

Estimate € 400 - 600

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