Guarmani travelled during the 1860s in Arabia primarily in search of the 'Arab' horse. His travels of 1864 were among the first in the Arabian peninsular of the 19th century (he was preceded only by Wallin and Palgrave). Published originally in Italy, his account was translated during WW1 by Douglas Carruthers and issued by the Arab Bureau in Cairo. This is Carruthers’ own copy of that edition, uniquely annotated and corrected by him for a new edition. His annotations refer to other publications by the likes of Doughty, Philby, Thomas and other travellers to the region, as well as to information given by T. E. Lawrence, Gertrude Bell, and others. With regard to Guarmani’s 100 mile journey from Hayyaniya to Jubba, which took him 16 hours, Carruthers adds more information in a footnote and then writes “Or Lawrence 90m in 22hrs; he also states that 50 miles a day is quite usual for raiding parties” (p. 8). In a written footnote to Guarmani’s trip to Gofar, in which he mentions a grotto, Carruthers adds “Doughty .. took the same path, probably the only one ... and mentioned the grotto p. 381”. A manuscript footnote to a paragraph concerning Feisal’s seizure of government reads “An authentic account of what actually happened is given in Philby’s ‘ARABIA’, pp. 108-9” (p. 132). The original edition of Carruthers’ translation is offered together with the later 1938 Argonaut Press printing of the work, which incorporates some of the emendations Carruthers made in his own copy (see for instance p. xxvi, in which the quote from Lawrence is printed).