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Vom Mittelmeer zum Persischen Golf durch den Hauran, die Syrische Wüste und Mesopotamien. [From the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf through the Hauran Mountains, the Syrian Desert and Mesopotamia]. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen),1899.
FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Large 8vo. (23.5 x 16 cm). Publisher’s original gilt decorated green cloth, black-coated endpapers, marbled edges. Profusely illustrated with photographic plates, illustrations and diagrams in the letterpress, and 7 maps (including 3 folding in pockets at rear). Slight lean to both volumes, some fading of gilt and darkening of cloth (more so to Vol.2), corners lightly bumped, contents clean and unmarked, generally a very good set. A fascinating account of Oppenheimer's great journey to the Orient, which began in 1893. He moved to Beirut, Damascus, Palmyra, Dayr al-Zor, Nissibin Mosul and finally on to Baghdad, Muscat, Aden, Zanzibar and Usambara (area in the former German East Africa). In 1899 Oppenheim set off on the route planning of the Baghdad Railway to a seven-month Orient journey from Cairo, which brought him from Damascus via Homs, Aleppo and Urfa to Khabur. The journey became the high point of his life as an explorer, because on this journey he discovered the Aramaic-Assyrian residence Tell Halaf, which brought him fame among amateur archaeologists. The final chapter (XVIII) “Der Persiche Golf”, principally focuses on Muscat, Oman and Zanzibar, (pp.323-371) including illustrations of views, artefacts and a folding map.
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