The desert route to India : being the journals of four travellers by the great desert caravan route between Aleppo and Basra, 1745-1751 / edited by Douglas Carruthers
1929, First Edition. London : Printed for the Hakluyt society. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges only very slightly dulled and rubbed as with age. Corners slightly bumped. Previous owner's inscription to end paper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #477120
Physical description; xxxvi, 196 pages : illustrations,frontispiece,plates, folded map ; 23 cm. Notes; "Titles of works and maps": pages [181]-188. Contents; A journey from Aleppo to Basra in 1745, by W. Beawes.--A journey from Basra to Aleppo in 1748, by G. Roberts.--A similar journey in 1750, by B. Plaisted.--A journey from Aleppo to Basra in 1751, by J. Carmichael. Subjects; Middle East Description and travel ; Early works to 1800.
Price: €125.00