NIEBUHR, Carsten. - Lot 208

NIEBUHR, Carsten. Voyage en Arabie & en d'autres pays circonvoisins. Translated from the German. A Amsterdam, chez S. Baalde ; A Utrecht, chez J. Van Schoonhoven, 1776-1780. 2 vol. in-4 (25 x 20 cm), VIII-(6)-409 pp. with 72 plates and a fold-out map (not listed in the table of plates) + VI-(10)-389 pp. with 52 plates, contemporary full brown basane, spine ribbed, title and greevel pieces (rubbing and epidermizing on binding). The illustration consists of 72 plates with a folding map of Yemen in the first volume and 52 plates in the second, in accordance with the list of plates in each volume. These include maps, plans, views and portraits of the inhabitants of the regions described. A total of 125 plates.