{"product_id":"the-travels-of-ibn-battutah-abridged-folio-society-2012-tim-mackintosh-smith","title":"The Travels of Ibn Battutah","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Travels of Ibn Battutah.\u003c\/strong\u003e London: The Folio Society, 2012. First and only printing according to Folio's latest 78 bibliography. Abridged, annotated and with a foreword by Tim Mackintosh-Smith, introduction by Tahir Shah. 252 × 176 × 37 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v–xxviii, [1–2] 3–353 [354–356]: [13] leaves of colour plates. Type: Aldus. Printed and bound by L.E.G.O. in full brown buckram blocked in gold and blue; pale brown endleaves with map in dark brown by Julie Snook. Dark brown slip case. The plates primarily reproduce photographs of illuminated manuscripts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new copy, sealed in publisher's original wrapping; near-fine, with only a small bump to rear and a tiny portion of wear to the case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIbn Battutah was just 21 when he set out in 1325 from his native Tangier on a pilgrimage to Mecca. He did not return to Morocco for another 29 years, traveling instead through more than 40 countries on the modern map, covering 75,000 miles and getting as far north as the Volga, as far east as China, and as far south as Tanzania. He wrote of his travels, and comes across as a superb ethnographer, biographer, anecdotal historian, and occasional botanist and gastronome.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53703905739091,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/The-Travels-of-Ibn-Battutah-FOLIO-SOCIETY-2012-Tim-Mackintosh-Smith-NEW-Sealed_1.webp?v=1778423057","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/the-travels-of-ibn-battutah-abridged-folio-society-2012-tim-mackintosh-smith","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}