[Rarebooks] FS: 1809 VOYAGES TO INDIA, CEYLON, THE RED SEA, EGYPT with Many Plates & Maps
Charles Agvent
charles at charlesagvent.com
Thu Dec 13 11:58:03 EST 2018
VALENTIA George Annesley, Viscount. VOYAGES AND TRAVELS TO INDIA,
CEYLON, THE RED SEA, ABYSSINIA, AND EGYPT, IN THE YEARS 1802, 1803,
1804, 1805, AND 1806. London: William Miller, 1809. First Edition. Three
quarto (9" x 11-1/2") volumes in contemporary mottled calf leather with
gilt rules, marbled endpapers and edges, rebacked recently and
sympathetically with black morocco spine labels and gilt lettering. A
Large Paper copy illustrated with 3 engraved vignettes and 69 engraved
plates including 11 folding, 7 of which are maps, 2 of which are large
maps of the Red Sea area. The illustrations are based on drawings by
Henry Salt who accompanied Annesley on his voyage. The first volume
deals with India and Sri Lanka, with sections on Benares, Calcutta, and
Lucknow. Volumes two and three cover Abyssinia, Egypt and the Red Sea,
including Mocha and Jeddah. Abbey, Travel 515. Armorial bookplate on the
front pastedowns and a modern, tasteful bookplate on the front endpapers
of each volume. Sporadic foxing, some plates with offsetting from the
text, bindings firm and Fine. Overall a Near Fine example. (#019028)
$4,500.00
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