Travel
Collection of works, 18th-20th century
Estimate: £400 - £600
Auction: 18 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
Carr, John. A Northern Summer; or Travels round the Baltic, through Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Prussia, and Part of Germany, in the Year 1804. London: for Richard Phillips, 1805. First edition, 4to, contemporary half russia, 11 aquatint plates possibly by William Daniell (including a folding panorama of St Petersburg, with linen reinforcement to verso of fold), bound without publisher's catalogue to rear, joints cracked but firm [Abbey Travel 73];
[Freygang, Wilhelm von]. Letters from the Caucasus and Georgia; to which are added, the Account of a Journey into Persia in 1812, and an Abridged History of Persia since the Time of Nadir Shah. London: John Murray, 1823. First edition in English, 8vo, contemporary half calf, 2 aquatint plates, 2 engraved plate, 2 lithographic maps (one folding, discreet repairs verso), front joint repaired at head, tear to foot of each joint, repaired tear in pp. 253/4;
McLeod, Norman. Illustrations to the Epitome of the Ancient History of Japan. Tokyo: [for the author], 1879. Third edition, inscribed ‘To General Cuncliffe, with the authors compts, Yokohama 24th June 1884', oblong 4to, original Japanese stab binding of woven green silk over limp boards, 35 etched plates printed on both sides (containing in total 70 numbered etchings), 10 further etched plates printed on one side only;
Hadfield, William. Brazil and the River Plate in 1868. London: Bates, Hendy and Co., 1869. First edition, 8vo, original cloth;
Harris, Walter B. Tafilet. The Narrative of a Journey of Exploration in the Atlas Mountains and the Oases of the North-West Sahara. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1895. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, worn;
Ayala, Ignacio Lopez de. The History of Gibraltar … with a Continuation to Modern Times by James Bell. London: William Pickering, 1845. 8vo, original cloth, folding colour map frontispiece; and 5 others (13)