Author

DIDIER, Charles.


Title

Sejour chez le Grand-Cherif de la Mekke.


Published, Date

Hachette, Paris,1857.


Price: £475

 

Description

First edition. 8vo. [vi], 310, [i]pp., light spotting, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, later red morocco label, rubbed.


Note

Didier, 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.


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Stock Number

80504