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LABORDE, Leon de
Journey through Arabia Petraea, to Mount Sinai, and the excavated city of Petra, the Edom of the Prophecies.
John Murray, London 1836. First English edition. 8vo., numerous engraved plates, wood-engravings in text, many full-page, folding map, some spotting to plates, contemporary half calf rebacked.
Laborde made the journey to Petra with the engineer Linant de Bellefonds in February 1828, travelling from Suez via St. Catherine's and Akabah. Atabey I, 643; Blackmer 929; Tobler p150; Rohricht 1731.
Price: £ 400
US Dollar Price: $ 800
Stock Number: 49397