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Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs 

<b>Sale number:</b> 725 <br> <br> Our Wednesday 08 February 2023 auction of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps &amp; Photographs include a superb copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer, the masterpiece of the private press movement, a unique association copy of the Cranwell edition of T. E. Lawrence’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a first-edition set of The Lord of the Rings complete with the dust jackets, a remarkable naval document signed by Lord Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton, a dedicated section of books and manuscripts relating to India and South Asia including autograph letters by Mahatma Gandhi, and more.

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Africa

Map of London made from an Actual Survey in the Years 1824, 1825 & 1826

A General Atlas

Map of the District of Kantyre in Argyllshire

Baikie, Brydieston, Cardean, Meigle

Tallis's Illustrated Atlas

19 volumes

3 works

3 volumes

Wentworth, William Charles

Jeffryes, Lt. Charles 

A New Royal Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography

Les Delices de la Grande Bretagne

Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia

Five Months on the Yang-Tsze

The History of that Great and Renowned Monarchy of China

Great Circle Sailing

Histoire de la guerre de Chypre

The Antiquities of England and Wales [...] Scotland [...] Ireland

Roma descritta ed illustrata

Maqamat al-Hariri [Arabic title]

Hong Kong &c. 

Some Yeares Travels into Divers Parts of Asia and Afrique

The Erechtheion at Athens 

Travels through Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, and Lorraine

Voyage fait a la Terre Sainte en l'année MDCCXIX

Dundee, its Quaint and Historic Buildings

Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a Triumph

Skeat, Walter William

L'Afrique

The Costume of China

Memoirs of the late Edw. W-ly M-tague, Esq. 

The Netherland-Historian

An Account of the Settlements of the New Zealand Company

Collection of travel narratives

Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean on Discovery

Scenery of the Grampian Mountains

The Present State of the Ottoman Empire

Life in the Forests of the Far East

Ancient Khotan

A Tour to Sheeraz, by the Route of Kazroon and Feerozabad

A Narrative of the Greek Mission, or Sixteen Years 

An Analysis of One Hundred Voyages to and from China

The History of Athens

With Ski and Sledge over Arctic Glaciers

University of Glasgow, Old and New

Collection of portraits 

Mennie, Donald

Acetate paper negatives 

Album of 25 albumen print photographs, c. 1870

Sixty Diamond Jubilee Pictures of Hongkong

Early 20th Century photograph album, military manoeuvres, Morocco

Collection of RAF aerial reconnaissance photographs of Iraq and Iran, 1920s-30s

View from Beyazit Tower, c. 1900

Mainly Scottish

Photograph album, c.1879-1908

Large collection of stereoview photographs, c.1890-1900

Observations on the Neilgherries

A Sketch of the Geography and Geology of the Himalaya Mountains and Tibet

A Year on the Punjab Frontier, in 1848-49

Views in the East

Observations made on a Tour from Bengal to Persia in the Years 1786-7

Description of a Mystic Play, as performed in Ladak, Zaskar, etc.

The Country of Balochistan

Mani-Mala, or a Treatise on Gems

Collection of works on Indian archaeology, architecture and similar

Collection of works on various subjects

Collection of travel narratives including Indian imprints

Collection of works

Collection of works on cricket

Journal of Indian Art

Darbari 'Ilm al-Nisa [The Science of Women]

Ru-numa'i futagrafi ma'ruf bi Usul-i musawwiri

Tarikh-i Rajastan [History of Rajasthan]

Anwar al-nujum [The Lights of the Stars]

Group of literary works

Tughray nastaliq [Monograms in nasta'liq script]

Two veterinary treatises

Numbers 1-7 and 9-10 in the Bannatyne Club series

Numbers 11-25 in the Bannatyne Club series

Numbers 26-40 in the Bannatyne Club series

Numbers 41-55 in the Bannatyne Club series

Numbers 56-70

Numbers 71 to 89 in the Bannatyne Club series

Numbers 90-115 in the Bannatyne Club series

 Etchings Chiefly of Views in Scotland. By John Clerk, Esq. of Elgin, MDCCLXXIII-MDCCLXXIX

The Ancient Sculptured Monuments of the County of Angus

A Series of Etchings chiefly of Views in Scotland. By John Clerk of Eldin, Esq.

Collection of Bannatyne Club Garlands and related publications

Set of large-paper copies

A Procession of Scottish History

The Poetry of Robert Burns

A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs

Volume of manuscript notes from Hume's lectures on Scots law at Edinburgh, 1811

Commentaries on the Law of Scotland, respecting the Description and Punishment of Crimes

Hugh MacDiarmid and others

The Tragic Death of the Rev. A. H. Mackonochie

The Storming of Dargai Heights

The Ancient Town of Leith. A New Poem

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Sale Number: 725