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the land of the moors by george allenan old black and white drawing of a map of the world
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38 - BUDGETT-MEAKIN (James Edward).
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BUDGETT-MEAKIN (James Edward). The Land of the Moors: A Comprehensive Description. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1901. – 8vo, 218 x 142: (2 ff.), pp. (ix)–xxxi, (1 f.), 464 pp., 1 map. Dark blue percaline, with a gilt plate on the front cover depicting the gate of the citadel of Tangier; plain spine adorned with a gilt plate (publisher’s binding). First edition of this comprehensive work on Morocco at the dawn of the 20th century, combining travelogue, ethnographic study and cultural guide, by the journalist James Edward Budgett Meakin (1866–1906). The book is divided into three main parts: - The first explores the natural and physical aspects of Morocco, with chapters devoted to its geography, mineral resources, flora and fauna. - The second, focusing on the political and urban dimensions, surveys the open ports (Tangier, Rabat), the closed ports (Mehediya), the imperial cities (Fez, Marrakesh), the sacred cities (Moulay Idriss, Chefchaouen, Ouazzane), the secondary towns (El Ksar el Kebir, the district of Tadla), as well as the Spanish possessions (Santa Cruz de Mar Pequeña, the Zaffarine Islands) and the regions beyond the Atlas Mountains (Souss, Taroudant, Agadir, the Draa Valley, Figuig, Touat). - Finally, the third part adopts a more personal and narrative tone, through travelogues: memories of journeys, immersion in Moorish dress, cycle rides to Marrakech, and even the mysterious quest for ‘Miltsin’. The book concludes with an appendix reproducing the ancient account of Hannon’s Periplus, followed by a detailed index (places, people, subjects). The edition is illustrated with a colour map of Morocco (separate from the text) and 82 black-and-white illustrations, including 38 full-page images and 44 within the text, mainly photographs by Robert Brown, Joseph Thompson, Cavilla, Molinari, etc. The binding is decorated on the front cover with a gilt plate depicting the entrance to Tangier, based on a photograph by Molinari. A copy from the library of the artist, adventurer and ethnographer Herbert WARD (1863–1919). [See lot no. 36 for a profile of this individual.] A very well-preserved copy. Provenance: Herbert and Sarita Ward, with an ex-libris designed by Herbert Ward and engraved by Emery Walker.
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