Lot 320
Pennant, Thomas
Auction: 13 January 2010 at 11:00 GMT
£2,500
Description
Outlines of the globe. London: Henry Hughs [John White], 1798-1800. 4 volumes, 4to, [ii], [xvi], 263, [ix]; [xii], 374, xiii; xvi, 284, xiii; [viii], 317, [xxii], 21 engraved plates, 2 engraved head-pieces, 3 folding maps laid down on linen, half-titles to all 4 volumes, some plates offset onto text, early nineteenth century calf gilt, spines gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spines, occasional spotting, blank leaf inserted at p.72 volume 4
Footnote
Note: A fine set. The contents cover India & Ceylon; South East Asia, China & Japan; Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Ferguson 278