Dedication copy, inscribed by the author in Arabic
Falconry in the Valley of the Indus.
London, Van Voorst, 1852.
8vo. (16), 107, (1) pp. Tinted lithographed frontispiece and 3 plates, 8 pp. publisher's catalogue at end. Original cloth.
€ 25,000.00
First edition, "well written" (Harting).
Half-title inscribed in Arabic at head and with a pencil drawing of the author's head imposed on to the body of a cat walking across a roof, captioned beneath in ink: "a faithful sketch of the Author".
Spine-ends worn, soiled. Light foxing to plate margins, occasional spotting elsewhere.
Harting 66. Schwerdt I, 90. Penzer p. 41.