Reize naar Arabië en andere omliggende landen. Uit het hoogduitsch vertaald.

2 vol., 4to: viii-[6]-484-[2], [16]-455-[1] pp.

Contemp. gilt half leather (rubbed, corners bumped), flat spines with red labels (some ff. marg. dampst.). Good uncut set.

Joined: 1. Id. - Beschryving van Arabie, uit eigene waarnemingen en in 't land zelf verzamelde narigten opgesteld […] Vermeerdert met een volledig register. Utrecht, (J.J. Besseling for) J. van Schoonhoven at Utrecht, and S.J. Baalde at Amsterdam, 1774. 4to: [4]-xxxxi-[1]-408-[14] pp. Uniform bind. (cfr supra). - 2. Michaelis, Johann David - Vragen aan een gezelschap van geleerde mannen […] Waarby gevoegd is, Beoordeling van Niebuhrs Beschryving van Arabie […]. Ibid., 1774. 4to: xlvi-270-[2] pp. Uniform bind. (cfr supra).
The German surveyor C. Niebuhr (1733-1815) travelled extensively in Egypt, Arabia, Persia, Palestine and Asia Minor. His works have long been classics on the geography, the people, the antiquities and the archaeology of much of the areas of Arabia he travelled through. His 1st vol., "Beschreibung von Arabien", was published in Copenhagen in 1772, the Danish government defraying the expenses of the abundant illustrations. Ill. in 1st work: engr. on title, 124 engravings (72 + 124) with views, maps, ground plans, script ill. etc. and a fold. map. Numerous words and passages in Arabic. In 2nd work: engr. on title, 24 numb. engravings (7 fold.) with alphabets, views (i.a. Mecca, Medina), maps etc. and a fold. map of Yemen. The 3rd work is a companion vol. with essays on Niebuhr's work.
ref. Tiele 796-795. - BnF. - STCN. - Not in BL. (4 vol.)