English: Sulaymaniyah in 1817. Illustration to William Heude's book "A voyage up the Persian Gulf and a journey overland from India in 1817..." (Sulaymaniyah. Book Illustration of “A voyage up the Persian Gulf and a journey overland from India to England, in 1817. Containing notices of Arabia Felix, Arabia Deserta, Persia, Mesopotamia, the Garden of Eden, Babylon, Baghdad, Koordistan, Armenia, Asia Minor, &c. &c”, By William HeudeContaining Notices of Arabia Felix, Arabia Deserta, Persia... Bagdad, Koordistan, Armenia, Asia Minor, &c., first edition, 4 aquatint plates, spotting, bookplate of Walter de Winton, half calf, spine faded [Blackmer 811, "rare"], 4to, Longman, Hurst, Rees, 1819.)
First edition of "an interesting account, especially of the overland journey through the mountains of Kurdistan" (Blackmer). William Heude was attached to the Madras Military Establishment, and was apparently related to Earl Fitzwilliam, to whom the work is dedicated.