£1,638
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair Pt II | 712
Auction: 28 September 2022 at 11:00 BST
Not Published. London: printed by Richard Taylor, 1829. First edition, 8vo, [vi], 560, presentation copy inscribed 'To W. H. Hyett Esq. from the Author', large folding map, hand-coloured in outline, contemporary half calf, rebacked, map neatly strengthened at fold on verso, spotting chiefly to the map
Note: A rare work. The author visited Corfu, the Morea, Athens, Smyrna, Turkey including Constantinople, the Archipelago, Egypt, Palestine, present day Syria, Cyprus, Rhodes and Zante.
Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.