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IEBUHRS CLASSICAL DESCRIPTION DE L'ARABIE 1779. IEBUHR, CARSTEN. Description de l’Arabie d’apres les observations et recherches faites dans le pays meme... Nouvelle édition, revue & corrigée. Paris, chez Brunet, 1779. 4:o (binding about 264x205 mm., text 256x195 mm.). (6), 1-56, (1)-252; (4), (1)-315, (5) pp. 1 folding printed genealogical table, 25 engraved plates (all, 2 bound in upside down, 8 folding), including maps (for example one large folding map of Yemen), plans, costumes, views, and 2 showing Arabic text with vowel points, as well as 2 woodcut headpieces. Contemporary somewhat wobrown half calf, gilt spine, small damage art foot. Some minir foxing. Bookplate of Birger Strandell. Third French edition (first published in German in Copenhagen, 1772). The Royal Danish Arabia Expedition, departed with six prominent scientists and ethnographers in 1761, and only one survived the trip, Carsten Niebuhr (1733-1815). Niebuhr was the first European to accurately measure the height of the Great Pyramids of Giza using his surveying equipment. Provenance: Birger Strandell (1901-1993), Swedish physician and famous Linnaeus collector; inherited within the family. Strandell was one of the foremost Linnaeus collectors and chairman of the Swedish Linnaeus Society for many years. He was a descendant of Linnaeus and his collection, which was founded by Emil Lindell, is one of the largest collections regarding Linnaeus ever to be in private hands. It now belongs to the Hunt Botanical Library i Pittsburgh, USA.
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