Personal Narrative of a PILGRIMAGE to AL-MADINAH & MECCAH (Two Vol. Set!) 1964
PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A PILGRIMAGE TO AL-MADINAH & MECCAH, in (two Volumes Complete).
Sir Richard F. Burton,
Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1964.
In Two Volumes Complete
(Volume One and Volume Two)
Great travel classic by remarkably colorful personality. Burton, disguised as a Moroccan, visited sacred shrines of Islam, narrowly escaping death.
Posing as a wandering dervish, Burton gained admittance to the holy Kaabah and to the tomb of the prophet at Medina and participated in all the rituals of the Hadj (pilgrimage). A treasury of material on Arab life, beliefs, manners and morals, and much more. Volume One starts with the Preface to the Memorial Edition by his wife, Isabel Burton.
Two softcover volumes in nice condition with very light wear.
About 8-1/2 x 5-1/2.
Complete two volume set!