HEUDE William, “Viaggio dalla costa del Malabar a Costantinopoli per il Golfo Persico, lArabia, la Mesopotamia, il Kourdistan e la Turchia eseguito nellanno 1817”, Milano, Sonzogno, 1820. First Edition in Italian published the same year as the first edition in 1820 in French. 12mo, pp.292, [2] + 317, [1]. COMPLETE including the SIX (6) contemporary HAND-COLOURED plates and a folding map. Scarce account on Heude’s journey through Arabia, Baghdad, Kurdistan, Armenia, Ottoman and Middle Eastern lands, “rich in topographical and social observations” (Atabey). Large folding map including Cyprus, Turkey, Middle East until Caspian Sea and Arabia while the full-page plates depict : Basra Dervis, Arab Bedouin, Jew from Bagdad, Tartar, Turk of Mardin, Hamoud Beg Effendi. Contemporary binding, beautifully decorated in gilt half leather, lightly worn along extremities, occasional spotting. Overall a fine and Complete set of a rare travel account through Arabia, Iraq, Kurdistan, Armenia, Ottoman Empire and the Middle East. Atabey 576, Blackmer 812 (for the edition in French).