Didier, Charles 1805-1864 text text fr Paris L. Hachette et cie 1857 monographic fre

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vii, 310 pages, 1 leaf ; 18 cm

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par Charles Didier. First edition. - Didier (1805-64), a companion of Richard Burton, travelled with Burton and another English associate, James Hamilton, from Cairo to Suez. From Suez, Burton travelled on to Aden whilst Didier and Hamilton made for Jeddah. The present narrative is an account of that journey and time spent at Mecca. Translated into Arabic as "Rehla Ela Al-Hejaz". - Some foxing throughout. Wrappers wrinkled, with small tears and chipping to edges. Another copy in the original wrappers (first gathering becoming loose, spine ends chipped) was sold at Sotheby's for £552 at the 1998 Travel Sale (lot 53). Main Heritage Shelves General DS207 .D53 1857 Book Item-ID: i16817370 BIB-ID: 1507116 ar----- Arabian Peninsula Description and travel Arabie (Péninsule) Descriptions et voyages DS207 .D53 1857 915.3 43021941 3174716 DLC 770809 20130917011132.0 ocm03174716 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24)