8vo. xv, [2], 640 pp., 29 wood engraved text illustrations, 1 plan coloured in outline, Lacking chart of the Coast of Tyre, original cloth, lightly faded, re-backed retaining original back strip, new end papers, contemporary owner’s inscription on title page dated 1850, Lacking last 8 pages of the appendix, occasional spotting, William Curry, Jun. & Co., Dublin, second edition, enlarged and revised, 1844.

Synopsis

The first edition appeared in 1840 in 2 volumes. After Wilde took his degree as a surgeon, he travelled for nine months as medical attendant to Robert Meiklam, the owner of the yacht ‘Crusader’, who produced the sketches for the plates. Most of volume I is devoted to North Africa, including Egypt. This was Wilde’s first work, he is best known for his works on Irish topography, Beauties of the Boyne and Lough Corrib. Wilde was the father of Oscar Wilde.
Bibliographic references: Blackmer, 1795 for first edition; Abbey Travel, 199; Tobler p. 161; Rohricht, 1890; Playfair Algeria, 1588; Hilmy II, 329.