Travel
Collection of works, 18th-19th century
£1,512
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Eton, William. Authentic Materials for a History of the People of Malta. First, Second, Third, and Fourth Parts: Now first published. To be continued. London: for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1802-5-7. First edition, 8vo, [4] viii 78 [8] 79-270 [4] pp., contemporary sprinkled calf, smoot spine gilt in compartments, errata and advertisement leaves to rear;
Chantreau, Pierre Nicolas. Philosophical, Political, and Literary Travels in Russia, during the Years 1788 and 1789. Translated from the French of Chantreau. Perth: R. Morison and Son, 1794. First edition in English, 2 volumes, 8vo, viii 321, vi 315 pp., contemporary sheep-backed boards, engraved folding map (frayed along top edge), 3 engraved plates (offset), volume 2 contents leaves (pp. iii-vi) misbound at rear, spines worn, joints cracked;
Thunberg, Charles Peter. Travels in Europe, Africa, and Asia. Performed between the Years 1770 and 1779. London: W. Richardson, and J. Egerton, c.1790. Presumed first edition in English, 3 volumes, 8vo, [5] iv-xii 317 xv, xvi 316 [16], xiii [3] 31 [1] 285 xv pp., contemporary marbled calf, half-titles, 7 engraved plates (2 folding including frontispiece), volumes 1 and 3 preface leaves working loose, volume 3 with light worming to endpapers and outer leaves including title-page;
[Bancks, John]. The History of the Life and Reign of the Czar Peter the Great, Emperor of all Russia, and Father of his Country. London: J. Hodges, 1740. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, engraved portrait frontispiece;
Patton, Robert. The Principles of Asiatic Monarchies, politically and historically investigated, and contrasted with those of the Monarchies of Europe: shewing the Dangerous Tendency of confounding them in the Administration of the Affairs of India. London: for J. Debrett. First edition, 8vo, contemporary streaked calf, half-title discarded, wear to spine and corner of front board;
Stutterheim, Karl Wilhelm von. A Detailed Account of the Battle of Austerlitz. Translated from the French by Major Pine Coffin. London: for T. Goddard, 1807. First edition, 8vo, uncut in original boards, advertisement leaf to rear, rear cover damp-stained;
Horne, Thomas Hartwell. A Compendium of the Statute Laws and Regulations of the Court of Admiralty; relative to Ships of War, Privateers, Prizes, Re-Captures, and Prize-Money. London: W. Clarke and Sons, 1803. First edition, 8vo, uncut in original boards, worn;
and 10 others (not collated, including: Charles Francis Sheridan, A History of the Late Revolution in Sweden, Dublin, 1778, contemporary calf; Christopher Wordsworth, Athens and Attica, 1837, second edition, contemporary half cat's-paw calf; John Scott, A Visit to Paris in 1814, 1815, third edition, contemporary half calf; idem, Paris Revisited in 1815, 1816, third edition, contemporary half calf; Henry Zschokke, The History of the Invasion of Switzerland by the French, 1803, first edition in English, uncut in original boards; Joseph Planta, History of the Helvetic Confederacy, 1807, 3 volumes; and similar) (25)
Provenance
From the library of the Murrays of Dollerie, Crieff, Perthshire.
Footnote
No other copy of Eton's work on Malta traced in auction records since 1975.