W. H. Bartlett - Forty Days in the Desert - 1848

[W.H. Bartlett] - Forty Days in the Desert on the Track of the Israelites or, A Journey from Cairo by Wady Feiran, to Mount Sinai and Petra. By the Author of "Walks about Jerusalem". London - Arthur Hall & Co. - [approx. 1848] [10],206.8 pp - Linen binding - 19 x 26 cm.

Antiquarian 19th-century travel book with an account of the journey made by the British artist William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854) from Egypt to the Holy Land (Palestine and Israel).

Illustrated with 25 black-and-white steel engravings, including an engraved title page (by J.C. Bentley, E. Brandard, and A. Wilmore, among others), two maps (one of which is a foldout; 'Map of Arabia Petraea'), and 15 illustrations in the text. Includes a list of illustrations and advertisements for other books by the publisher. Hardcover.

¶ Bartlett traveled from Cairo in October–December 1845, along the eastern side of the Gulf of Suez to Mount Serbal, then eastward to the Gulf of Aqaba and northward to Petra; the biblical route of Moses and the Israelites to the Promised Land. The book contains illustrations of oases and camels, 'El Khusne' (the rock temple of Petra), St. Catherine's Monastery, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and the GIZA PYRAMIDS.
The binding is the original publisher's binding, but it is discolored. The scraper has a bookplate and a message.

See the photos; they are part of the description.