TRAVELLING -- LYCKLAMA a NIJEHOLT, T.M. Voyage en Russie, au Caucase et en Perse dans la Mésopotamie, le Kurdistan, la Syrie, la Palestine et la Turquie exécuté pendant les années 1866, 1867 et 1868. Par., Amst., 1872-75. 2 in 4 vols. W. steel-engr. portr. of the author, 1 cold. fold. chromolithogr. plate, 1 fold. plate & 1 cold. fold. map. Lge-8°. Cont. cl., spine w. raised bands, gilt lettering and w. gilt coat of arms of the Lycklama à Nijeholt Family on spines, blind ruled sides and marbled edges. (Wear to spine ends, discreet ex library stamp Hageveld seminary on first free endpapers, otherwise very well-preserved indeed).
First edition of an account by T.M. Lycklama à Nijeholt (1837-1900) of his exploration through the Middle East from 1866 to 1868. The two plates relate to the tomb of Esther and Mardochee at Hamadan, modern-day Iran. - Atabey 738; not in Blackmer.€ 600