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Arabistan: or The Land of "The Arabian Nights". Being Travels Through Egypt, Arabia, and Persia, to Bagdad. Published by subscription only. Inscribed by Author..
Arabistan: or The Land of "The Arabian Nights". Being Travels Through Egypt, Arabia, and Persia, to Bagdad. Published by subscription only. Inscribed by Author..
  • Arabistan: or The Land of "The Arabian Nights". Being Travels Through Egypt, Arabia, and Persia, to Bagdad. Published by subscription only. Inscribed by Author..
  • Arabistan: or The Land of "The Arabian Nights". Being Travels Through Egypt, Arabia, and Persia, to Bagdad. Published by subscription only. Inscribed by Author. — photograph 2.
  • Arabistan: or The Land of "The Arabian Nights". Being Travels Through Egypt, Arabia, and Persia, to Bagdad. Published by subscription only. Inscribed by Author. — photograph 3.
  • Arabistan: or The Land of "The Arabian Nights". Being Travels Through Egypt, Arabia, and Persia, to Bagdad. Published by subscription only. Inscribed by Author. — photograph 4.
  • Arabistan: or The Land of "The Arabian Nights". Being Travels Through Egypt, Arabia, and Persia, to Bagdad. Published by subscription only. Inscribed by Author. — photograph 5.
  • Arabistan: or The Land of "The Arabian Nights". Being Travels Through Egypt, Arabia, and Persia, to Bagdad. Published by subscription only. Inscribed by Author. — photograph 6.
  • Arabistan: or The Land of "The Arabian Nights". Being Travels Through Egypt, Arabia, and Persia, to Bagdad. Published by subscription only. Inscribed by Author. — photograph 7.
  • Arabistan: or The Land of "The Arabian Nights". Being Travels Through Egypt, Arabia, and Persia, to Bagdad. Published by subscription only. Inscribed by Author. — photograph 8.
  • Arabistan: or The Land of "The Arabian Nights". Being Travels Through Egypt, Arabia, and Persia, to Bagdad. Published by subscription only. Inscribed by Author. — photograph 9.
  • Arabistan: or The Land of "The Arabian Nights". Being Travels Through Egypt, Arabia, and Persia, to Bagdad. Published by subscription only. Inscribed by Author. — photograph 10.

Arabistan: or The Land of "The Arabian Nights". Being Travels Through Egypt, Arabia, and Persia, to Bagdad. Published by subscription only. Inscribed by Author.

Fogg, Wm. Perry and Taylor, Bayard · Hartford, Chicago, Cincinnati, Ohio

Author
Fogg, Wm. Perry and Taylor, Bayard
Date
1875
Place
Hartford, Chicago, Cincinnati, Ohio
Publisher
Dustin, Gilman & Co
Language
English
Binding
8vo.(5.25" x 7.75") 350 pp. Full russett cloth with black stamped and gilt architectural decoration with fancy lettering toward center over beveled boards. Spine similarly decorated. All edges gilt. 4-line inscription neatly to first free endpaper "with kind regards of the author" and dated 1891. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed, three through to boards. Head and foot of sun-darkened spine lightly frayed, chipped. Hinges tender, gutters starting, mesh visible but boards still securely attached. An attractive book, illustrated with over 85 illustrations, 13 full page.
Category
Autographs & Manuscripts
Record
S.I.9475

"Arabistan: or The Land of “The Arabian Nights.” Being Travels Through Egypt, Arabia, and Persia, to Bagdad" by Wm. Perry Fogg, published in 1875 by Dustin, Gilman & Co. in Hartford, Chicago, and Cincinnati. This illustrated account follows Fogg’s travels through Egypt, Arabia, and Persia to Baghdad, offering a 19th-century perspective on the people, places, and landscapes of the Middle East.

Octavo (5.25" x 7.75"), 350 pp., in an attractive full russet cloth binding with black-stamped and gilt architectural decoration and fancy lettering on the beveled boards and spine. All edges are gilt. Illustrated with more than 85 illustrations, including 13 full-page plates.

This copy bears a four-line author inscription, “with kind regards of the author,” dated 1891, on the first free endpaper. The binding has edgewear and bumped/rubbed corners, with three corners worn through to the boards. The sun-darkened spine is lightly frayed and chipped at the head and foot. Hinges are tender with gutters starting and mesh visible, although the boards remain securely attached.

Condition

Good

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