Travel and topography
Collection of works, 18th and 19th century
£819
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
Parboni, Achille. Nuova raccolta della principali vedute antiche, e moderne dell'alma citta di Roma et sue vicinanze. Rome: Giacomo Antonelli, 1824. Oblong 8vo, contemporary half morocco, engraved title-page, 99 engraved plates, spotting to front and rear;
Parnell, Richard. The Natural History of the Fishes of the Firth of Forth and Tributaries. Private Copy. Edinburgh: Neill and Company, 1838. First edition, presentation copy, inscribed for 'John Stark Esr, with the compliments of the author' on the title-page, 8vo, original purple cloth, 28 etched plates numbered 18-44 (including 33 bis);
Sale, Lady Florentia. A Journal of the Disasters in Afghanistan, 1841-2. London: John Murray, 1843. First edition, large 12mo, contemporary calf, 2 lithographic maps (one folding), binding rubbed, old Kelso United Library plate to front pastedown, related inscription to title-page, folding map with loss of one section, laid down, and with splitting along one fold, various chips and tears to text-leaves;
Douglas, Francis. A General Description of the East Coast of Scotland from Edinburgh to Cullen. Paisley: printed for the author, 1782. 12mo, 19th-century green half calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, front inner hinge cracked, head of title-page repaired;
Pyne, James Baker. Lake Scenery of England. London: Day & Son, c.1860. 4to, original purple cloth gilt, 25 tinted lithographic plates including vignette title-page, gutta percha perishing;
and 8 others (these not collated): John Leighton, Scenes in Scotland, 1831, contemporary green calf, engraved plates; G. R. Gleig, The Campaigns of the British Army, Fourth Edition [bound with:] Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan, New Edition, 1836-61, 2 works in 1 volume, contemporary half calf; James Jackson Jarvis, Parisian Sights and French Principles, 1853, contemporary half calf; Alphonse de Lamartine, Visit to the Holy Land, c.1840, 2 volumes, contemporary half calf by William Muir of Hamilton, engraved plates; J. Goldsmith, Geography on a Popular Plan ... Sixth Edition, 1811, contemporary tree sheep, engraved maps and plates (many folding); J. F. Campbell, Popular Tales of the West Highlands, 1860, 4 volumes, contemporary red half morocco gilt; Harriet Beecher Stowe, Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, 1854, contemporary marbled half calf; Oliver & Boyd's New Edinburgh Almanac, 1848, contemporary red roan gilt