The Kasiday Of Haji Abdu El-yezdi - Richard Burton Limited Editions Club 1937
$150.00
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890) was asked in 1849 by the Indian Navy and the Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain to investigate the region of the unknown Somali Country in East Africa. In 1850 The East India Company gave permission for an expedition to ascertain the productive resources in the region. After many obstacles and delays the expedition began in 1854. The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi is a long poem written by "Haji Abdu El-Yezdi," who was an invention by the true author Sir Burton. The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi translates to "Lay of the Higher Law". The Kasidah was a distillation of Sufi thought. Burton hoped to bring the ideas of Surfism to the West.
12mo hardcover in full leather with clamshell cover and slipcase. 125pp (unpaginated). Printed on uncut Kozo paper. Light shelf wear to slipcase. Hardcover and interior are in bright and clean. Limited to 1500 (this is 854) and signed by artist. Vg+.
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890) was asked in 1849 by the Indian Navy and the Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain to investigate the region of the unknown Somali Country in East Africa. In 1850 The East India Company gave permission for an expedition to ascertain the productive resources in the region. After many obstacles and delays the expedition began in 1854. The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi is a long poem written by "Haji Abdu El-Yezdi," who was an invention by the true author Sir Burton. The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi translates to "Lay of the Higher Law". The Kasidah was a distillation of Sufi thought. Burton hoped to bring the ideas of Surfism to the West.
12mo hardcover in full leather with clamshell cover and slipcase. 125pp (unpaginated). Printed on uncut Kozo paper. Light shelf wear to slipcase. Hardcover and interior are in bright and clean. Limited to 1500 (this is 854) and signed by artist. Vg+.
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890) was asked in 1849 by the Indian Navy and the Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain to investigate the region of the unknown Somali Country in East Africa. In 1850 The East India Company gave permission for an expedition to ascertain the productive resources in the region. After many obstacles and delays the expedition began in 1854. The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi is a long poem written by "Haji Abdu El-Yezdi," who was an invention by the true author Sir Burton. The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi translates to "Lay of the Higher Law". The Kasidah was a distillation of Sufi thought. Burton hoped to bring the ideas of Surfism to the West.
12mo hardcover in full leather with clamshell cover and slipcase. 125pp (unpaginated). Printed on uncut Kozo paper. Light shelf wear to slipcase. Hardcover and interior are in bright and clean. Limited to 1500 (this is 854) and signed by artist. Vg+.