8vo. xi, 222 pp., recent quarter calf with marbled boards, bound without the half-title, old staining to pages 131-135, otherwise copy in very good condition, R. Blamire, London, second edition with additions, 1784.

Synopsis

Rooke’s narrative comments on the expedition dispatched in 1781, with the object of capturing the Cape. He was a Major in the 100th Regiment of Foot. He visited Cairo, Jeddah and Mocha (on the Yemeni coast). The four letters dealing with Arabia give besides the description of Jeddah and Mocha, together with notes on the military capabilities of the Arabians as well as on the coffee fleet.
Bibliographic references: Gay 116; Mendelssohn IV, p. 77; [Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula 1936]