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Auction archive: Lot number 188

BRUCE, TRAVELS TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE NILE [WITH WHARTON'S OBSERVATIONS], 1790, 6 VOLUMES

Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$4,831 - US$6,442
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 188

BRUCE, TRAVELS TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE NILE [WITH WHARTON'S OBSERVATIONS], 1790, 6 VOLUMES

Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$4,831 - US$6,442
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Bruce, James TRAVELS TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. EDINBURGH: PRINTED BY J. RUTHVEN FOR G.G.J & J. ROBINSON 1790, FIRST EDITION, 5 VOLUMES, 4TO (310 X 250MM.), HALF-TITLES, 3 ENGRAVED FOLDING MAPS, 3 BATTLE PLANS (EACH WITH FACING LEAF OF TEXT) AND 55 PLATES, 8PP. ETHIOPIAN DIALECTS IN VOLUME 1, ORIGINAL BOARDS, UNCUT AND PARTLY UNOPENED, [BLACKMER 221; HILMY I, P. 91], THE LEAVES OF GATHERING 3D IN VOL.4 MISBOUND, DAMPSTAINING IN VOL.5, BINDINGS WITH SOME WEAR, EXPERTLY REBACKED TO STYLE Wharton, Richard. Observations on the Authenticity of Bruce's Travels in Abyssinia; in reply to some passages in Brown's Travels through Egypt, Africa, and Syria. Newcastle: printed by E. Walker sold by T. Cadell, [and others], 1800, first edition, presentation copy, inscribed on title "From the Author to Mrs. M. Wharton", 4to (260 x 210mm.), 84pp., original wrappers, somewhat spotted, some wear to binding, neatly rebacked

Auction archive: Lot number 188
Auction:
Datum:
12 Nov 2013
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Bruce, James TRAVELS TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. EDINBURGH: PRINTED BY J. RUTHVEN FOR G.G.J & J. ROBINSON 1790, FIRST EDITION, 5 VOLUMES, 4TO (310 X 250MM.), HALF-TITLES, 3 ENGRAVED FOLDING MAPS, 3 BATTLE PLANS (EACH WITH FACING LEAF OF TEXT) AND 55 PLATES, 8PP. ETHIOPIAN DIALECTS IN VOLUME 1, ORIGINAL BOARDS, UNCUT AND PARTLY UNOPENED, [BLACKMER 221; HILMY I, P. 91], THE LEAVES OF GATHERING 3D IN VOL.4 MISBOUND, DAMPSTAINING IN VOL.5, BINDINGS WITH SOME WEAR, EXPERTLY REBACKED TO STYLE Wharton, Richard. Observations on the Authenticity of Bruce's Travels in Abyssinia; in reply to some passages in Brown's Travels through Egypt, Africa, and Syria. Newcastle: printed by E. Walker sold by T. Cadell, [and others], 1800, first edition, presentation copy, inscribed on title "From the Author to Mrs. M. Wharton", 4to (260 x 210mm.), 84pp., original wrappers, somewhat spotted, some wear to binding, neatly rebacked

Auction archive: Lot number 188
Auction:
Datum:
12 Nov 2013
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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