Lot #1151 - Book On Egypt
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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 #:1151
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Lot Description:Book On Egypt
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. 42 plates, some with two numbers, as listed below, viii, 18pp.list of subscribers, 1 leaf directions to binder, 261,(7),145pp., occasional very light browning or offsetting, 4to., contemporary full mottled calf with some minor marking, spine gilt in panels with black title label. Both external hinges just cracking but the boards very firmly attached. A very good copy. 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, 20 engraved plates, some with two images and two numbers, (3 folding). -
Estimate:A$400 - 600
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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