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Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates.
Published by John Murray., London, 1879
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
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contemporary half red calf over marbled boards, title in gilt on two, spine with five raised bands, spine with decorative gilt ruling and central devices, marbled upper and lower endpapers, top edges in gilt. , The books Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates and A Pilgrimage to Nejd are attributed to her and were based on her journals, but were extensively edited by her husband. Illustrated with a folding map and hand-coloured woodcuts by the author. Anne Isabella Noel Blunt (1837 ? 1917) known for most of her life as Lady Anne Blunt, was co-founder, with her husband the poet Wilfrid Blunt, of the Crabbet Arabian Stud in England and the Sheykh Obeyd estate near Cairo. The two married on 8 June 1869. From the late 1870s, Wilfrid and Lady Anne travelled extensively in Arabia and the Middle East, buying Arabian horses from Bedouin tribesmen and the Egyptian Ali Pasha Sherif. Among the great and influential horses, they took to England were Azrek, Dajania, Queen of Sheba, Rodania and the famous Ali Pasha Sherif stallion Mesaoud. To this day, the vast majority of purebred Arabian horses trace their lineage to at least one Crabbet ancestor., Size : 8vo., , Illustrated with a folding map and hand-coloured woodcuts by the author. , Volume : 2 volumes. A fine copy, in publisher?s decorative half red calf.
