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Edité par Vinton & Co Ltd, London, 1912
Vendeur : Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, Royaume-Uni
Membre d'association : IOBA
Edition originale
Red hardback cloth cover. First Edition. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 9pp, xxxv, 395pp, 44pp, xxv + maps. 3 colour fold-out maps. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Spine faded. Boards marked.
Edité par William Miller, 1809
Vendeur : Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Livre Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Three volumes. London: William Miller, 1809. Quarto (271mm x 222mm): with 69 engraved plates, maps and plans, some double-page or folding; and 3 engraved vignettes. Bound in modern half calf over marbled paper, marbled edges and marbled end-papers. Fold-tears to the two large folding maps of the Red Sea. Viscount Valentia (later 2nd Earl of Mountnorris; 1770-1844) travelled on a British mission from India to Abyssinia to secure a port on the Red Sea, accompanied by his secretary Henry Salt, after whose drawings the engravings were made. The first volume deals with India and Sri Lanka - with sections on Benares, Calcutta, Lucknow, etc. - the second two volumes cover Abyssinia, Egypt and the Red Sea, including much relating to Mocha and Jeddah. Hilmy I, p.38; cf. Abbey, Travel 515 (note). Ex coll. Clayre and Jay Michael Haft; their sale, Sotheby's London 12 December 2023, lot 122.