1879 Blunt's Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates : Desert Arabs : Horse Breeding

Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates

By Lady Anne Blunt

Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1879. First Edition. Hardback, cloth binding with gilt stamp to upper board and gilt titles to the spine. 8vo, pp, 14, [i], 445, [i]. With 13 plates, including frontis and folding coloured map, plus a fold-out chart of horse breeds at the rear of the book.

Includes chapters on Arab Horse Breeding, Religion of the Bedouins, Political Constitution of the Bedouins, Physical Characteristics of the Bedouin Arabs, Desert History, and much much more (see contents pages in images provided)

Lady Anne Blunt was the grandaughter of Lord Byron and the wife of the famous Arab scholar and poet Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. The couple travelled extensively in Arabia and the Middle East from the late 1870s normally mainly without guides or the usual caravans. During this period Lady Anne became fluent in Arabic and she gained insights into the people and their customs. Her journals give a comprehensive view of desert life.

CONDITION
A very good first edition. The cloth binding is very good with no tears or damage. Binding tight and square and with all contents present. Endpapers very good. Bookseller's stamp to the front endpaper. Pages in very good clean condition throughout. All plates present and in good condition. The fold-outs are also very good with no tears. The tissue guard which protects the title page from the frontispiece is foxed and aged. Overall a very good first edition.

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