Bartlett, W.H. - Purser, William - Carne, John
£325
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 September 2013 at 12:00 BST
Description
Syria, the Holy Land and Asia Minor... London: Fisher, Son, & Co., 1836-8. 3 volumes in 2, 4to, 3 engraved titles, 2 maps, 117 engraved plates, volumes 1 and 2 bound together, contemporary half calf, some spotting and dust-soiling, volume 3 in contemporary green morocco gilt, g.e., some browning and spotting, spine rubbed and faded, corners bumped; Roberts, Emma Views in India, China and on the shores of the Red Sea. London: Fisher, Son, & Co., 1835. 2 volumes, 4to, engraved titles, 2 frontispieces (one coloured) and 60 engraved plates, contemporary half calf with gilt tooled spines, previous owner's signature to first free endpaper, some foxing, slight rubbing to binding, spines a little faded; Walsh, Robert Constantinople... London: Fisher Son & Co., [1839?] 4to, one volume only (second series), engraved title-page, frontispiece, double-page map and 47 engraved plates, contemporary half calf, some pencil annotations, binding a little rubbed; Baker, Sir Samuel W. Ismailïa. London: MacMillan and Co., 1874. 2 volumes, 8vo, portraits, volume 1 lacking map, map from volume 2 tucked into pocket in volume 1, original cloth gilt, hinges repaired with tape, some soiling, bindings very rubbed, spines peeling; and one other (8)