First edition. 2 vols. With a folding map, six chromolithographic plates and 10 other plates, with further illustrations in the text. 8vo. Publisher’s red cloth, decorated in black and in gilt, spines toned. Some light foxing, especially to first and last pages, a few plates loose, inner hinges weak. Bookplate to upper pastedown and former owner’s signature to ffep, both volumes, some ephemera related to the previous owner’s purchase of the work loosely inserted. xxviii, 338; viii, 319pp. London, C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879.
Burton’s original expedition to Midian, the narrative of which had been published in the previous year, provided valuable information on this region to the north east of the Red Sea. In his preface to this sequel, Burton informs the reader that the earlier work had been intended simply as an introduction to the region and a forerunner to The Land of Midian (Revisited), whose aim was to provide mineralogical information on the region.
Penzer, p. 96-7.
