Raynal, Guillaume Thomas François
A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies
£378
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
London: T. Cadell, 1777. Third edition in English ('revised and corrected'), 5 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, red morocco labels, engraved portrait frontispiece, 5 engraved folding maps, little loss to head caps, partial cracking to front joints and volumes 1 and 5, volume 5 front board damp-stained;
Admiralty. Regulations and Instructions relating to His Majesty's Service at Sea. Established by His Majesty in Council. London: printed by Winchester and Son, 1808. 4to, contemporary marbled calf, rebacked, occasional soiling;
[Bancks, John]. A New History of the Life and Reign of the Czar Peter the Great, Emperor of all Russia, and Father of his Country. London: for J. Hodges, 1740. 12mo, [8] 354 [10] pp., contemporary calf, engraved portrait frontispiece, leather separating from front board, marginal loss to frontispiece, contemporary ownership inscription to title-page;
Egede, Hans. Description of Greenland … Translated from the Danish. London; for C. Hitch, S. Austen; and J. Jackson, 1745. First edition in English, 8vo, xvi [4] 220 pp., contemporary diced tan calf, engraved folding map, 11 engraved plates, ownership inscriptions including ‘Cha. Stuart’ to initial blank, lacking text-leaf leaf F5, folding map slightly rumpled and nicked along fore edge;
[Harris, Mrs G.]. A Lady's Diary of the Siege of Lucknow. London: John Murray, 1858. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, spine sunned and frayed, sides marked, front inner hinge cracked;
Beauvoir, Ludovic. Marquis de. A Voyage Round the World. Vol. I. Australia. […] Vol. II. Java, Siam, Canton […] Pekin, Jeddo, and San Francisco. The Conclusion of a Voyage Round the World. London: John Murray, 1870-2. 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary maroon half morocco, all edges gilt, wood-engraved plates to volume 3;
and 6 others, travel, the lot sold with all faults (18)
Provenance
From the library of the late Robert Bogdan (1950-2023), of Boghead of Torries and Dykehead of Avochie, Aberdeenshire, geography master at Charterhouse and sometime chairman of the Scottish Castles Association.