First edition. 2 vols. Folding map, six chromo-lithographs & 10 other plates, with further illustrations in the text. 8vo. Fine original pictorial cloth, gilt, spines very, very slightly darkened. xxviii, 338; viii, 319, 32ads.pp. London, 1879.
Burton's original expedition to Midian, the narrative of which had been published in the previous year, provided valuable information on this hitherto unexplored region to the north east of the Red Sea. In his preface to this, the second work, Burton informs the reader that the earlier text had been intended simply as an introduction to the region and a forerunner to The Land of Midian (revisited) whose aim was to provide mineralogical information on the region. Penzer, p96-7; Casada, 44.
