Beschreibung von Arabia. Aus eigenen Beobachtungen. Cph. 1772. First edition. With engraved titlepage + 24 engravings + geneaolgical table + large folding map of Yemen with handcolored base lines. Small tear in map. Full calf, with gilt spine, with wear to learner on front boards. Complete 1st edition of Niebuhr's famous classic account of his Arabian travel, being the first scientific expedition to Arabia Felix. With the famous map of Yemen and the large folded map of the Arab Gulf "Mare Rubrum seu Sinus Arabicus."