Journey through Arabia Petræa, to Sinai, and the excavated city of Petra, the Edom of the prophecies.. By Léon de Laborde.
Léon Emmanuel de Laborde (1807-1869)
Category
Books
Date
1838
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sheringham, Norfolk
NT 3257597
Summary
Bibliographic description
Second edition.. xxviii, 340, 8 p., [24] leaves of plates:. ill., map (fold.) ;. 8vo. Upper boards, spine cover and pages from front flyleaf to frontispiece disbound from textblock. Pencil mark on page iii. Pages 17-32 coming loose. Binding: nineteenth-century diagonal line-grained purple cloth over boards (very faded), with central blind embossed decoration. Gilt lettering on spine.
Provenance
Acquired by the National Trust in 1986 with the aid of bequests from E.L. Elliot, H. Ridler, D.E. Swiffen and Alice M. Weeks, grant-aid from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Countryside Commission and funds raised by the East Anglian Coast & Countryside Appeal, and an endowment from Mildred Cordeaux, a cousin of Thomas Upcher.
Makers and roles
Léon Emmanuel de Laborde (1807-1869) Louis-Maurice-Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds (1799-1883)