THE HISTORY OF ARABIA, ANCIENT AND MODERN - CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY - AN ACCOUNT OF ITS INHABITANTS, ANTIQUITIES, POLITICAL CONDITION, AND EARLY COMMERCE - THE CONQUESTS, ARTS, AND LITERATURE OF THE SARACENS  &c.....AND A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF ITS NATURAL HISTORY.
EDINBURGH:  OLIVER & BOYD,  1833
 
12mo, two volumes, pp,464,464, folding map and ten engravings by Jackson, tissue-guarded extra engraved title-pages, brown cloth boards neatly rebacked with the original labels of the "Edinburgh Cabinet Library" relaid,  publisher's advertisements to the front of each volume, uncut,  small early stamps of a Dumfries previous owner to the endpapers, some age-toning to text, a very good copy.
Crichton {1790-1855] was a Scottish Presbyterian cleric and man of letters.  His work was praised as a comprehensive resource on the history and character of the Arabs and is considered culturally important for preservation.
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