Carte de l'Arabie Pétrée / levée et dressée par Léon de Laborde en 1828; rectifiée sur les observations astronomiques et les cartes de Niebuhr, Larochette, la commision d'Égypte, Sir Home, Popham, Valentia, Burckhardt, Erhenberg et Rüppel.

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Steel engraved folding map, 65 x 94 cm, laid down on linen, kept in a thick marbled paper, fitted in a slipcase. Laborde (1807-1869) made the journey to Petra with the engineer Linant de Bellefonds in February 1828, travelling from Suez via St. Catherine's and Akabah. They were the first to make detailed drawings of the area. This map was engraved by Colin to accompany Laborde?s work: Voyage de l'Arabie Petre´e, which appeared for the first time in Paris in 1830. #33950. N° de ref. del artículo 013390

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