The Land of Midian (Revisited).
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1879.
Price: $3,000.00
About the item
First Edition. No ads. xxviii, 338; vii, 319 pp. 6 tinted lithographed plates, 4 plates of hieroglyphics, 5 other plates, & folding colored lithographed map. wood engravings in the text. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. Original purple cloth. Fine. Penzer pp. 96-97.
Item #321010
This is Burton's second expedition to Midian (Saudi Arabia). He mapped and explored over 600 miles of territory and discovered many sites. The hope of a gold discovery didn't happen and Burton lost his potential backer, the Egyptian Khedive.
