Lot 24
£1,008
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Paris: André Pralard, 1685. First French edition, 4to, [xii], 414, [2], engraved device on title, engraved head-pieces, armorial bookplate, contemporary calf, spine gilt, head of spine rubbed, without the engraved frontispiece;
Sonnini, Charles Nicolas. Travels in Greece and Turkey undertaken by Order of Louis XVI. And with the Authority of the Ottoman Court. London: T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1801. 2 volumes, 8vo, without the atlas volume [which contains 1 chart & 5 plates], contemporary half calf, some spotting, bindings worn, one joint split, head of spine of one volume missing; note: seemingly very rare, no copy recorded on ABPC, not in Blackmer;
Borrer, Dawson. A Journey from Naples to Jerusalem, by way of Athens, Egypt, and the Peninsula of Sinai... London: J. Madden, 1845. First edition, 8vo, 5 tinted lithographed plates, one plate caption slightly frayed, contemporary half calf, lacks map, slightly rubbed;
Wordsworth, Christopher. Athens and Attica. London, 1827. Second edition, 8vo, 3 lithographed plates, 2 folding maps (1 loose), contemporary half calf, lightly rubbed
Robert, Mr. Voyage du Levant. [extract from Voyage aux Terres Australes, by William Dampier] [Rouen, 1715], 12mo, title and pp.305-363 and index, folding map 'Carte des Isles de l'Archipel', modern quarter morocco;
Thomson, Alexander. Letters of a Traveller, on the various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa. London, 1798. 8vo, contemporary calf, slightly worn;
Carne, John. Recollection of Travels in the East. London, 1830. 8vo, contemporary ex libris Library of Royal School Edinburgh at head of title, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original spine, corners repaired;
Volney, C.F., Comte de. The Ruins, or a Survey of the Revolution of Empires. London, 1827. 8vo, frontispiece, 2 folding plates, contemporary half calf, rather spotted, worn, upper hinge broken;
Douglas, Hon. Frederick Sylvester North. An Essay on Certain Points of Resemblance between the Ancient and Modern Greeks. London: John Murray, 1813. First edition, 8vo, armorial bookplate of George Wilbraham, contemporary maroon calf gilt, slightly rubbed, neat inscription of "J. Stroud Read, London, March 13th 1939" on front endpaper;
Lithgow, William. Lithgow's Nineteen Years Travels through the most Eminent Places. in the Habitable World... the tenth edition. London: J. Millet for M. Wotton, G. Conyers, T. Passinger, 1692. 8vo, 488, [viii], folding woodcut frontispiece and 6 folding woodcut plates [at p. 253, 277, 355, 393, 426, 435]; contemporary calf, p. 55 with paper flaw affecting a few words, once rebacked, now rubbed, covers detached, couple of small tears to fore-margin of title just affecting two letters, some spotting, 18th century ownership inscription 'J. Courtney' at head of title;
Panofka, Theodor. Manners and Customs of the Greeks. London: T.C. Newby, 1849. First English edition, 4to, additional pictorial title and 21 plates (19 coloured by George Scharf), tissue guards, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, boards worn and somewhat dust-soiled, lacking part of spine
Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.