The history of Arabia ancient and modern:. containing a description of the country--An account of its inhabitants, antiquities, political condition, and early commerce--The life and religion of Mohammed--The conquests, arts, and literature of the Saracens--The caliphs of Damascus, Bagdad, Africa, and Spain--The civil government and religious ceremonies of the modern Arabs--Origin and suppression of the Wahabees--The institutions, character, manners, and customs of the Bedouins; and a comprehensive view of its natural history. By Andrew Crichton. With a map, and ten engravings by Jackson. In two volumes. ...
Andrew Crichton (1790-1855)
Category
Books
Date
1833
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3074560
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. : ill., fold. map ; 17 cm (8vo). Imperfect: wants advertisements. Bookseller’s ticket on pastedown: Bought of Willis and Sotheran, booksellers & bookbinders, 42, Charing Cross. Provenance: nineteenth-century crest bookplate, after 1831, with earl’s coronet: Lichfield [i.e. Thomas George Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield (1825-1892)]. Binding: nineteenth-century half grained, green calf, with marbled paper on boards; gold tooled spine, gold lettered.
Makers and roles
Andrew Crichton (1790-1855) John Jackson (1801-1848)