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Journey Through Arabia Petraea to Mount Sinai
M. Leon de Laborde
1836
John Murray : London
9" by 6"
[3] iv-xxviii, 331, [1]pp
SUMMARY
The first English edition of this M. de Labordes travel narratives of his time in Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt, replete with numerous engravings and a folding map.
Early Edition,Folding Maps,Illustrated,Original Binding
Overall Condition: Good Only
This book weighs1 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The first English translation of French archaeologist and traveller Leon de Labordes account of his travels through Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt, before entering the French diplomatic service.
In 1846, de Laborde was made curator of the Louvre Museum of Antiques, and in 1857 director-general of the archives of the Second French Empire.
Published originally in 1830 in French.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, two maps, one of which is folding, and a further twenty-three plates.
Collated, lacking plate opposite page 170.
Containing a bookplate from Richmond College to the front pastedown, and contemporary ink signatures to the front pastedown, front free-endpaper and front blank.
One page of publishers adverts to the rear.
CONDITION
In the original cloth binding. Externally, shelf wear to the boards and fading to the extremities. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Cloth is split to the joints. Containing a bookplate from Richmond College to the front pastedown, and contemporary ink signatures to the front pastedown, front free-endpaper and front blank. Internally, hinges are strained, and binding is slightly tender. A few spots to the first and last few pages, and a few handling marks throughout, otherwise pages are generally clean.
Overall Condition: Good Only
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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