Wilson, Robert Thomas
History of the British Expedition to Egypt
Estimate: £300 - £500
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
London: T. Egerton, 1802. First edition, 4to, 20th-century green morocco, edges untrimmed, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved folding map, 2 engraved folding battle-plans with dispositions hand-coloured, 2 folding letterpress tables;
Rennell, James. Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan. London: for the author, 1792. Second edition ('with very considerable additions'), 4to, 20th-century red half roan, edges untrimmed, 5 engraved maps (all but one folding);
Robertson, William. An Historical Disquisition concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India. London: A. Strahan, and T. Cadell, 1791. First edition, 4to, 20th-century green morocco, edges untrimmed, half-title, 2 engraved folding maps (handling tears to inner folds; second map with crease across one panel);
Anderson, Aeneas. A Journal of the Forces … under the Command of the Right Hon. General Sir Ralph Abercromby, in the Mediterranean and Egypt. London: for J. Debrett, 1802. First edition, 4to, 20th-century green morocco, edges untrimmed, half-title, 7 engraved folding views (all but one of Valetta, Malta), engraved plan, without the frontispiece (plan of Malta); and 2 others (6)
Provenance
From the library of the Gordon family of Letterfourie, Moray, Scotland (with engraved bookplate to each volume).