LABORDE (Léon de) and LINANT DE BELLEFONDS (Louis Maurice Ad - Lot 261

LABORDE (Léon de) and LINANT DE BELLEFONDS (Louis Maurice Adolphe) dit LINANT Pacha. Voyage de l'Arabie Pétrée. Paris, Giard, 1830. In folio, brown half-percaline. First edition. One of the finest illustrated works on the Middle East. Published following the voyage undertaken by the Marquis Léon de Laborde, this work is particularly famous for its views of Petra and its Khazneh. Laborde was accompanied on this journey, which also saw him climb Mount Sinai, by Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds, also a member of the Marquis's staff. also known as Linant Pacha (1798-1883), then an engineer in Egypt in the service of Mehmet Ali. The work was published by subscription between 1830 and 1833. Blackmer, 929.