Burton, Sir Richard Francis Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah

Burton, Sir Richard Francis Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855-56. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, half-title in volume 3, errata leaf in volume 1, 8 tinted lithographed plates, 5 chromolithographed plates, 1 wood-engraved plate, 2 folding maps, and 2 plans (1 folding), fine red straight-grained morocco gilt with gilt device of Robert Tyndall Hamilton Bruce (1847-1899), spines gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, green silk endpapers with gilt device of R.T.H. Bruce, gilt edges, some light dampstaining to about 5 platesNote: Note: A very finely bound set of the first edition of Sir Richard Burton's most famous exploit.Provenance: Robert Tyndall Hamilton Bruce (1847-1899), Scottish businessman.