Narrative of the life and adventures of Giovanni Finati, 2 vols.
Giovanni Finati, native of Ferrara: who, under the assumed name of Mahomet, made the campaigns against the Wahabees for the recovery of Mecca and Medina; and since acted as interpreter to European travellers in some of the parts least visited of Asia and Africa. Translated from the Italian' as dictated by himself, and edited by William John Bankes. Unabridged facsimile of the edition non abrégé de l'édition published in 1830 by John Murray.
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Condition : good, vol. 1 second board with trace of folding, otherwise very good.
In 1830, the traveller and antiquarian William John Bankes translated and published this two-volume autobiography of his guide and interpreter in Egypt Giovanni Finati, an Italian who had spent many years in the Middle East as a soldier in the army of Muhammad Ali of Egypt.
Condition | Used - Good |
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Language | United Kingdom |
Illustrated | No |
Year | 2005 |
Author / Cartographer / Photographer | Finati Giovanni |
First edition | No |
Signed edition | No |
Signed binding | No |
Armorial binding | No |
Binding / Format | Softcover |
Size | 21 x 13,5 cm |