Arvieux, Laurent d'
The Travels of the Chevalier D'Arvieux in Arabia the Desart
£378
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
… to which is added, a General Description of Arabia, by Sultan Ishmael Abulfeda … Done into English by an Eminent Hand. London: for B. Barker; and C. King, 1732. Second edition, 12mo, [2] xvi [4] 358 [2] pp., old sprinkled calf, 5 engraved plates including frontispiece, frontispiece misbound after title-page, plate facing p. 7 with short closed tear to fore margin, N2 with closed tear to foot, tide-mark to head of last few leaves, a few marks
Provenance
From the library of the Murrays of Dollerie, Crieff, Perthshire. Ownership inscription of Anthony Murray to head of title-page; small manuscript shelfmark label pasted to foot of spine.
Footnote
First published in French in 1717, followed by the first edition in English in 1718; all early editions are uncommon.