8vo (238x155 mm), xii-384-(1) pages and 7 maps. binding : 19th century quarter sheep, flat spine. Binding copy.
First edition. Henri Dehérain, was curator at the library of the Institut de France (1919-1934), editorial secretary of the Journal des savants of which he became deputy director in 1937, he devoted his thesis to Sudan under Mehemet-Ali and became famous for his works on the Orient and travelers in Syria.