Lot #1128 - Books On Travels (2)
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Auction House:Davidson Auctions
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Sale Name:Estate & Collector
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Sale Date:02 Aug 2014 ~ 10am: Part 1 - Various Collections - Lots 1 - 522
02 Aug 2014 ~ 2.30pm: Part 2 - The David Spode Collection - Lots 601 - 1326 -
Lot #:1128
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Lot Description:Books On Travels (2)
WALSH, Thomas. Journal of the late Campaign in Egypt: including descriptions of that country, and of Gibraltar, Minorca, Malta, Marmorice, and Macri: with an Appendix containing Official Papers and Documents.London, Printed by Luke Hansard, for T.Cadell, Jun., and W.Davies, 1803.41 (of 42) plates, some with two numbers, as listed below, viii, 18pp.list of subscribers, 1 leaf directions to binder, 261,(7),145pp., 4to., recent rebind to style in 1/2 speckled calf, spine gilt in panels with black title labels, marbled boards. A very good crisp copy. Some plates have foxed protective tissues loosely inserted, but all plates are clean. Plates are numbered to 49 and with one unnumbered, and are as follows - 6 handcoloured aquatints of costume, 6 handcoloured plates of maps (5 folding), 9 maps, 19 engraved plates, some with two images and two numbers, (3 folding). The missing plate of two images (30/31'View of the village of El-Burgeat' and 'View of the village...of Algam') was never bound -
Estimate:A$400 - 600
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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