Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah by Richard F. Burton, with introduction by Bayard Taylor. First American Edition, published by G.P. Putnam in New York, 1856. Red hardcover with gilding. With maps and two lithograph illustrations by Sarony and Co., NY. Richard Francis Burton, 1821 to 1890, was a British military and diplomat best known for his travels in Arabia, Africa, and India. Antiquarian Librarian Books, Collectible Oriental Islamic Historical Relics.