[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION] CRAVEN, LADY ELIZABETH a journey through the crimea to constantinople… London: for G.G.J. and J. Robinson 1789. First edition. 4to. Complete with half-title, [8], (2)-327 [1] pp. Six plates (one folding) and one folding map. Contemporary blind-paneled diced tan calf, gilt ruled spine, morocco spine label, corners rubbed, covers scuffed, spine and edges rubbed, joints cracked; occasional foxing, partly affecting the folding map, the folding plate, half-title and Directions to the Binder, but internally generally clean. Armorial book-plate of Pauncefort Duncombe of Brickhill Manor, Bucks. on front paste-down. Ex-library with rubber stamp to front free endpaper and call number in pencil on front paste-down and on title-page. Lady Elizabeth Craven (1750 -1828), author, playwright, libertine, and acquaintance of both Boswell and Johnson, published this work at the suggestion of her friend and admirer Horace Walpole offering a pointedly chauvinist English alternative to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's Ottoman travel account. Provenance: The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Alexander Weddell, Richmond, Virginia. Deaccessioned by The Virginia House Museum to benefit future preservation, acquisitions, and care of collections.
[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION] CRAVEN, LADY ELIZABETH a journey through the crimea to constantinople… London: for G.G.J. and J. Robinson 1789. First edition. 4to. Complete with half-title, [8], (2)-327 [1] pp. Six plates (one folding) and one folding map. Contemporary blind-paneled diced tan calf, gilt ruled spine, morocco spine label, corners rubbed, covers scuffed, spine and edges rubbed, joints cracked; occasional foxing, partly affecting the folding map, the folding plate, half-title and Directions to the Binder, but internally generally clean. Armorial book-plate of Pauncefort Duncombe of Brickhill Manor, Bucks. on front paste-down. Ex-library with rubber stamp to front free endpaper and call number in pencil on front paste-down and on title-page. Lady Elizabeth Craven (1750 -1828), author, playwright, libertine, and acquaintance of both Boswell and Johnson, published this work at the suggestion of her friend and admirer Horace Walpole offering a pointedly chauvinist English alternative to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's Ottoman travel account. Provenance: The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Alexander Weddell, Richmond, Virginia. Deaccessioned by The Virginia House Museum to benefit future preservation, acquisitions, and care of collections.
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