Lot 146
Chesney, Lt.-Colonel Francis Rawdon
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
£750
Description
Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1868. 8vo, half-title, 45 lithographed plates, 2 maps, 1 folding, original cloth, map repaired with tape on verso, bookplate of Indian Mudie's Library and Lt.-Col. Arthur Campbell Yate, hinges weak, binding worn, label removed from upper cover
Footnote
Note: Lt.-Col. Arthur Campbell Yate's copy with some pencil annotations and an article from The Pioneer, 27 March, 1882, and a letter relating to the archaelogical work of Capt. R. Campbell Thompson's work at Abu Shahrein and Col. J.E. Taylor, British Consul at Busreh, tipped in.