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BURTON, Richard Francis.
The Land of Midian (Revisited).
Kegan Paul, London 1879. First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo., xxviii, 338; vii, 319pp., folding map, 6 coloured plates, 10 plain plates, illustrations in the text, no half-titles, later blue half morocco gilt for H. Sotheran, Strand (pre-1930), marbled sides and edges, armorial bookplate, an excellent copy.
Burton's second expedition to the region resulted in increased geographical knowledge, particularly regarding the western fringe of the peninsula north of Muelah and of the interior south of that place beyond the plateau. He mapped a 600-mile route through the northern and southern Midian recording its ancient cities. For the Khedive he brought back tenty-five tons of minerals to be assayed. Only 1000 copies printed. Penzer 96-97; Casada 44.
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