Reading : Garnet Publishing, 1996, Hardback, 1st in this form

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 204 pages; Notes: Facsimile of the original translation published by Carey, Lea & Blanchard in Philadelphia in 1836, with the addition of an introduction by Robert Irwin. Originally written either by an Arab known as Fatallah Sayeghir or by Lamartine's interpreter Mazoyer. English translation of a French translation of an original Arabic manuscript. Summary: Fatalla Sayeghir was the assistant to a Napoleonic spy, de Lascaris, who undertook an extended mission amongst the Arab peoples. After the death of Napoleon, Sayeghir wrote an account of their travels. This is a facsimile edition of the translation by de Lamartine. Subject: Arabian Peninsula - Description and travel - Fiction. Middle East - Description and travel. Arabian Peninsula ; Description and travel ; Fiction. Asia. Essays, journals, letters & other prose works ; Classic travel writing. Middle East - General. 204 pages. ISBN: 1859640885. ISBN/EAN: 9781859640883. Inventory No: 24065.