Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, vol. 3 half title as called for, errata leaf and 24 pp. advertisement at end of vol. 1, chromolithograph frontispieces, folding map, 3 plans, 11 chromolithograph plates (excluding frontispieces), occasional light foxing and toning, original blind tooled blue cloth, gilt lettering pieces, spines a little rubbed and darkened, vol 1. slight shelf lean, [Casada 53; Hilmy I, p.111], 8vo, Longman, Brown, et al., 1855-56 (3) ***One of the most important works by a European on the Middle East ever published. Burton was the first English Christian to enter Mecca and the first European to travel between the holy cities of Islam by the Eastern route. He was deeply moved by the great sermon which concludes the Pilgrimage. ''I have seen'' - he wrote - 'religious ceremonies of many lands, but never - nowhere aught so solemn, so impressive as this spectacle'' (Penzer, p.43)