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Vols. I-VII (complete). gr.-8°. Portrait frontispiece of Lady Burton, plates and folding maps, many (some coloured) illustrations. OLn. Mit goldgeprägt. Einbandillustr. Kap. u. Ecken leicht berieb. Some foxing mainly to the margins, orig. black pictorial cloth, gilt. Some wear to head and tail opf spines. vgl. Embacher 62 - Complete set of the Memorial Edition (first published in 1864). Four works in seven volumes - Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), britischer Afrikaforscher, Offizier, Konsul, Übersetzer, Orientalist und Mitglied der Royal Geographical Society. 1853 reiste er als muslimischer Pilger verkleidet nach Medina und Mekka, was für Nichtmuslime damals wie heute verboten war. Vols. 1, 2: Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah. Edited by His Wife, Isabel Burton. XXVIII, 2 ll., 436; XII, 2 ll., 479 pp. Mit 1 Titelportr. u. 1 farblithogr. Frontsip., 16 (davon 4 farb.) Taf., 28 Abb. im Text, 3 gefalt. Pläne u. 1 gefalt. farb. Karte. Wenige Bleistift-Einträge. - Vols. 3, 4: A mission to Gelele, King of Dahome. With notices of teh so-called "Amazons", the grand cusotms, the yearly customs, the human sadrifices, the present state of the slave trade and the negro`s place in nature. XXIV, 256; 305 pp. with 2 wood-engraved plates. - Vol. 5: Vikram and the vampire or tales of Hindu devilry. XXI (3) 243 (5) pp. with 33 woodcut-ill. by Ernest Griset. Vol. VI. and VII: First footsteps in East Africa or, an exploration of Harar. XXXIV, 209; 276 (3) pp. with 3 chromolith. plates. Gewicht in Gramm: 4000. Seller Inventory # 0235-18
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