Item #13976 The Gold Mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities, A Fortnight's Tour in North-Western Arabia. Richard F. Burton.
The Gold Mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities, A Fortnight's Tour in North-Western Arabia
The Gold Mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities, A Fortnight's Tour in North-Western Arabia
The Gold Mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities, A Fortnight's Tour in North-Western Arabia
The Gold Mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities, A Fortnight's Tour in North-Western Arabia

The Gold Mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities, A Fortnight's Tour in North-Western Arabia

London: Kegan Paul, 1878.

Hardcover. Very good. Second edition, issued in the same year as the first. pp xvi, 392 + appendix, with folding map (professionally repaired, with a small loss ) and illustrations in the text. Recently rebound in full brown leather with black and red spine labels, lettering and decoration in gilt. Library perforation and stamp on title page, stain to top edge of text block not visible on the pages, otherwise unmarked. Burton considered this a sequel to and continuation of his Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, though in fact its purpose was to search for gold in the Midian desert. With the support of Khedive Isma‘il of Egypt, he was able to find a small amount of gold, as well as evidence of crude oil.

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