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Lot 198 · Exploration & Discovery 1576-1939: The Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching Part I, A-C

travels in arabia in the year 1814, comprehending an account of those territories in hedjaz which the mohammedans regard as sacred. london: henry colburn, 1829

John Lewis Burckhardt

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Estimate
£1,500–£2,000 hammer ≈ $2,493–$3,324
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Exploration & Discovery 1576-1939: The Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching Part I, A-C, London · 27 March 2014
Dimensions
FIRST EDITION, 4to (271 x 240mm.), iii-xvi, 478pp., engraved folding map, 4 engraved plans, contemporary calf, red label, yellow endpapers, plates and adjacent leaves somewhat offset or spotted
Record ID
TB-2026-4244117
Record
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John Lewis Burckhardt, travels in arabia in the year 1814, comprehending an account of those territories in hedjaz which the mohammedans regard as sacred. london: henry colburn, 1829. Sotheby's, 27 Mar 2014, lot 198. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4244117.

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John Lewis Burckhardt, travels in arabia in the year 1814, comprehending an account of those territories in hedjaz which the mohammedans regard as sacred. london: henry colburn, 1829. Sotheby's, 27 Mar 2014, lot 198. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4244117.

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