Lot 293
Wright, Edward
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 January 2012 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Some observations made in travelling through France and Italy. London, 1730. 4to, 2 volumes in one, 41 engraved plates, contemporary calf, small split to head of upper joint; Lindsay, A.W.C. Letters on Egypt, Edom and the Holy Land. London: H. Colburn, 1838. 2 volumes, 8vo, lithographed frontispieces, modern morocco-backed cloth, Signet Library stamp at head of spines; Maundrell, Henry A journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem. Oxford: Theatre, 1749. 8vo, engraved title-vignette, 15 engraved plates, contemporary calf, rubbed, joints splitting; Layard, Austen H. Discoveries in the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon. London: J. Murray, 1853. 8vo, 2 folding maps & 14 plates, some folding, contemporary calf, a trifle rubbed; [Palestine] Two months in Palestine. 1871. 8vo, frontispiece, contemporary calf; Russell, Michael Palestine or the Holy Land. Edinburgh, 1832. Third edition, 12mo, folding map, illustrations, some full-page, half calf; Windus, John A journey to Mequinez. London: J. Tonson, 1725. First edition, 8vo, 6 folding plates, modern calf, two plates split at fold without loss, some spotting and minor dust-soiling (8)