FITZCLARENCE, GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, EARL OF MUNSTER. 1794-1842. Journal of a Route across India, through Egypt, to England.... London: John Murray, 1819.
4to (265 x 208 mm). Half-title, colored aquatint frontispiece, large folding map with hand-colored routes, 11 plates (eight hand-colored), 6 plans and maps, errata leaf. Rebacked contemporary polished calf ruled in gilt, marbled edges. Light foxing and offsetting.
Provenance: [Probably Peter Alexander Spiers, 1847-1907)] (bookplate on front paste-down, name erased); Property from a New England Collector.
FIRST EDITION. FitzClarence describes India during the time of the Third Maratha War, but also explores the pyramids of Egypt with Henry Salt and Giovanni Belzoni. FitzClarence was the eldest illegitimate son of King William IV of England and his mistress, Dorothea Jordan. He served as an army officer in the Peninsular Campaign and in India, served as a Privy Counsellor, was a fellow of the Royal Society, and the Royal Geographical, Antiquarian, Astronomical, and Geological societies, as well as being a founding member of the Royal Asiatic Society. He committed suicide at the age of 48, using a pistol that had been presented to him by his father. Abbey Travel 519; Tooley 222.
FITZCLARENCE, GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, EARL OF MUNSTER. 1794-1842. Journal of a Route across India, through Egypt, to England.... London: John Murray, 1819.
4to (265 x 208 mm). Half-title, colored aquatint frontispiece, large folding map with hand-colored routes, 11 plates (eight hand-colored), 6 plans and maps, errata leaf. Rebacked contemporary polished calf ruled in gilt, marbled edges. Light foxing and offsetting.
Provenance: [Probably Peter Alexander Spiers, 1847-1907)] (bookplate on front paste-down, name erased); Property from a New England Collector.
FIRST EDITION. FitzClarence describes India during the time of the Third Maratha War, but also explores the pyramids of Egypt with Henry Salt and Giovanni Belzoni. FitzClarence was the eldest illegitimate son of King William IV of England and his mistress, Dorothea Jordan. He served as an army officer in the Peninsular Campaign and in India, served as a Privy Counsellor, was a fellow of the Royal Society, and the Royal Geographical, Antiquarian, Astronomical, and Geological societies, as well as being a founding member of the Royal Asiatic Society. He committed suicide at the age of 48, using a pistol that had been presented to him by his father. Abbey Travel 519; Tooley 222.
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