‎DOUGHTY Charles M.‎
‎TRAVELS IN ARABIA DESERTA.‎

‎New and definitive edition. Jonathan Cape, London, 1936. In-8 gr., 2 volumi, tela editoriale, pp. 674; 696; illustrati nel t. da numerose figure e f.t. (come da Indice) da 8 tavole di disegni che illustrano monumenti e rovine; da un ritratto fotografico dell'A. e da 2 grandi carte geografiche a colori (pi volte ripieg.): a sketch map itinerarium of part of North Western Arabia and Negd by C.M. Doughty - Travels, Nov. 1876 to Aug. 1878 in Arabia; May & June 1875 in the Peraea. Questa celebre e importante opera, diventata un classico di viaggio e di esplorazioni, introdotta da un lungo commento di T.H. Lawrence che dichiara: "Arabia Deserta", which had been a joy to read, as a great record of adventure and travel (perhaps the greatest in our language), is a great picture-book of nomad life... In fine Index and glossary of Arabic words.L'A., Charles Montague Doughty, esploratore e poeta inglese (1843-1926), laureatosi in scienze nell'universit di Cambridge e continuato a Oxford lo studio della letteratura classica inglese, comp in seguito una serie di viaggi alla ricerca delle influenze straniere sullo sviluppo della letteratura inglese, interrotta da escursioni dedicate alle linguistica, alla geologia, all'archeologia. Nel 1874 pass in Palestina, al Cairo, nel Sinai, poi a Damasco, dove si diede allo studio dell'arabo.Nel 1876-78 comp un ardito e avventuroso viaggio nell'Arabia settentrionale e centrale: fu a Mada'in Salih, dove studi i monumenti e raccolse materiale epigrafico mineo e nabateo, a Taima, a Ha'il, a Khaibar dove fu imprigionato. Dopo una lunga odissea riusc a raggiungere Gedda.. Nel 1888 pubblic una relazione del viaggio (ed. ridotta, Londra 1926), concepita come un poema epico in prosa, la quale, oltre a essere un'opera di alto valore per la geografia ed etnografia d'Arabia, anche letteralmente importante per le caratteristiche dello stile. Cos Enciclopedia Treccani,XIII, p. 188.Esemplare con barbe, ben conservato.‎

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3 book(s) with the same title

‎DOUGHTY , C. M.‎

Reference : PHO-940

(1936)

‎Travels in Arabia Deserta , with an introduction by T. E. Lawrence, New and definitive edition‎

‎London: Jonathan Cape ,1936. 2 volumes ,4to.(260x200) , percale éditeur ,dos lisse avec auteur , titre et tomaisons , titre en noir et rouge , illustré de nombreuses gravures et de 2 cartes couleurs dépliantes in-fine , non rogné , manque sur le plat , coins usés , petit travail de vers sans atteinte , rousseurs.‎


‎Charles Montagu Doughty (1843-1926), poète, écrivain et voyageur anglais. Doughty avait voyagé au Moyen-Orient et avait vécu quelque temps avec les Bédouins dans les années 1870. P2-6E‎

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EUR360.00 (€360.00 )

‎DOUGTHY Charles M. :‎

Reference : 12344

‎Travels in Arabia Deserta. With an introduction by T.E. Lawrence . ( 2 volumes).‎

‎" London, Jonathan Cape, 1936 (new and definitive edition in two volumes, reprinted December 1943). 2 vols in-4°, Vol. I. 674 pp + 9 plates + large coloured folding map mounted at the end ; Vol.II 696 pp + another arge coloured folding map mounted at the end, with appendix, index, glossary of Arabic words, preface to the second and preface to the third edition, bound in two brown canvas publisher's bindings, gilt title on smooth spine, frontcover of volume I with some soiling but still a fine/good set."‎


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‎Doughty, Charles Montagu‎

Reference : VOY512M

(1936)

‎Travels in Arabia Deserta. ‎

‎New York: Random House, 1936. New Definitive Edition [2 Volumes in 1]. Hardcover on light gray cloth, This edition has a black and white map in the mappocke, Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; [1370] pages. ‎


‎Good overall copy. Hard cover condition is good. No dust jacket. Well preserved interior, with minor browning to pages. Excellent for documentation and research.‎

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