Lot 163
Travel
Collection of works, 18th-19th century
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
[Locatelli, Francesco]. Lettres moscovites. Paris: Huart l'aîné, 1736. First edition, small 8vo, [4] 363 pp., contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt monogram 'B' with ducal coronet to covers, joints superficially cracked;
Davenport, R. A. The Life of Ali Pasha, of Tepeleni, Vizier of Epirus: surnamed Aslan, or the Lion. London: Thomas Tegg and Son, 1837. Small 8vo, contemporary green morocco gilt, engraved portrait frontispiece;
Johnston, Robert. Travels through Part of the Russian Empire and the Country of Poland. London: J. J. Stockdale, 1815. First edition, 4to, contemporary calf (covers detached), 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates, wood-engraved plate, 2 engraved maps, lacking half-title and list of plates (pp. ix/x), general soiling, paper disruption to gutter of frontispiece, title-page and dedication leaf [Abbey Travel 15];
and 14 others (these not collated), including: Henry Maundrell, A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter, A.D. 1697, Perth, 1800 (20th-century quarter calf, engraved plate); John Dundas Cochrane, A Pedestrian Journey through Russia and Siberian Tartary, to the Frontiers of China ... A New Edition, Edinburgh, 1829 (2 volumes in 1, contemporary half calf, engraved frontispiece and folding map; John G. Stephens, Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Dublin, 1839 (contemporary half calf); John Kitto, The Gallery of Scripture Engravings, London, c.1840 (3 volumes, 4to, contemporary half morocco, numerous engraved plates); William Otter, The Life and Remains of Edward Daniel Clarke, Professor of Mineraology in the University of Cambridge, London, 1825 (2 volumes, contemporary blue half calf by T. Armstrong of Villiers St, Strand, with his ticket, engraved bookplates of the barons Northwick); The Scots Magazine, Volume 25, Edinburgh, 1763 (contemporary half calf, engraved plates and maps including 'A Curious Map of Some Late Discoveries in the Terra Australis comprehending New Guinea and New Britain', and 'An Accurate Map of Minla and the Rest of the Philippine Islands'); and similar.
Sold as seen, not subject to return
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Footnote
THE LIBRARY OF DR ANDREW G. FRASER MD FSA SCOT (1937-2020)