Lot 290
Volney, Constantin François
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 January 2012 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Travels through Syria and Egypt. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1788. Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 folding maps, 2 folding plates & folding plan, contemporary calf, arms of The Society of Writers to the Signet on sides, some spotting and dampstaining, rubbed, joints split; Laborde, Leon de Journey through Arabia Petraea. London: J. Murray, 1836. 8vo, folding map & 25 plates, contemporary half calf, some spotting; [Paton, A. The modern Syrians. London: Longman &c., 1844. 8vo, contemporary calf, arms of The Society of Writers to the Signet on covers, worn; Stephens, George Incidents of travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land. London, 1838. New edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, arms of The Society of Writers to the Signet on covers, name "John Lloyd Stephens" inscribed in ink on titles, rebacked retaining original spines, rubbed, new lettering pieces and endpapers; Parrot, F. Journey to Ararat. [Volume 1 of The World Surveyed in the XIXth century, edited by W.D. Cooley]. 8vo, folding map, contemporary calf, arms of The Society of Writers to the Signet on sides, rubbed; Lamartine, A. de Souvenirs, impressions, pensées et paysages pendant un voyage en Orient. Paris: C. Gosselin, 1835. First edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, portrait, 2 folding maps & folding table, contemporary calf, arms of The Society of Writers to the Signet on sides, spines worn; Velde, C.W.M. van de Narrative of a journey through Syria and Palestine. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1854. 2 volumes, 8vo, 3 plates (2 folding), folding plan and map, contemporary half calf, arms of The Society of Writers to the Signet on sides, worn (13)