CRICHTON, Andrew.

History of Arabia, ancient and modern: containing a description of the country – an account of its inhabitants, antiquities, political condition, and early commerce – the life and religion of Mohammed – the conquests, arts, and literature of the Saracens – the Caliphs of Damascus, Bagdad, Africa, and Spain – the civil government and religious ceremonies of the modern Arabs – origin and suppression of the Wahabees – the institutions, character, manners, and customs of the Bedouins; and a comprehensive view of its natural history.

Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1833. 2 vols., small 8vo, pp. 464; [3]–464; with engraved half-titles anda folding map; illustrations in the text; vol. I half-title lightly foxed; contemporary half calf, spines gilt and with maroon morocco labels, by J. & W. Quinton of Norwich, with their ticket; extremities rubbed, small paper label on lower cover of vol. II. First edition. ‘Little has been done to elucidate the character and actual condition of [the Arabs], whose exploits once filled all Europe with astonishment; and . . . so much yet remains unknown of the sandy deserts they inhabit, and the singular institutions by which they are governed. An attempt to supply this omission by connecting the records of the past with the illustrations of modern discovery, so as to exhibit the whole at one view and within a moderate compass, is the object of the following volumes’ (preface). For the author, a Scottish biographer and historian, see Oxford DNB.

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