WELLSTED (JAMES RAYMOND)


Travels in Arabia, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, 5 engraved maps and plans (3 folding), 6 lithographed plates (of 7, lacks view of Jebel Narkoous), advertisements at the end of volume 2, some browning and spotting, ink and blindstamps on titles, a couple of text leaves and plates/maps, publisher's green cloth (volume 1 with imprint at foot of spine, and slightly lighter in colour), slightly rubbed [Gay 3063], 8vo, John Murray, 1838
|The first volume is devoted mostly to Oman, including a folding map. The second volume includes descriptions of the Gulf of Akabah, and the coasts of Arabia and Nubia.Provenance: Duncan Black Macdonald (1863-1943, Orientalist and "Professor of Muhammadanism" at Hartford Theological Seminary, and Kennedy School of Missions), ownership inscription, and "Case Memorial Library" label on endpapers; Yale College Library, duplicate stamp on titles.