Arabic proverbs, or, The manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, . illustrated from their proverbial sayings current at Cairo, translated and explained by the late John Lewis Burckhardt. Published by the authority of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa.
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784-1813)
Category
Books
Date
1830
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3115196
Summary
Bibliographic description
vii,[1],232p . 4to.. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: 'John Gardner Wilkinson Brynfield House.' [i.e. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1795-1875)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf, marbled paper sides, all edges sprinkled red, gilt-lettered on red spine label 'Burckhardt customs of the modern Egyptians'.
Makers and roles
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784-1813)