Lot 8
Middle East.- Howel (Thomas) A Journal of the Passage from India, by a Route partly unfrequented, through Mesopotamia, Armenia, and Natolia, or Asia Minor, first edition, Printed for the author, [1789].
Hammer Price: £950
Description
Middle East.- Howel (Thomas) A Journal of the Passage from India, by a Route partly unfrequented, through Mesopotamia, Armenia, and Natolia, or Asia Minor, first edition, large folding engraved map frontispiece with a few tears, final leaf with lower corner torn away, just touching the word "finis", occasional foxing, pencil annotations, uncut in original boards, worn, [Ghani p.181], 8vo, Printed for the author, [1789].
⁂ Rare first edition of an account of Howel's year-long journey returning to England from India in 1787, up the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates and thence overland from Baghdad to Constantinople.
Description
Middle East.- Howel (Thomas) A Journal of the Passage from India, by a Route partly unfrequented, through Mesopotamia, Armenia, and Natolia, or Asia Minor, first edition, large folding engraved map frontispiece with a few tears, final leaf with lower corner torn away, just touching the word "finis", occasional foxing, pencil annotations, uncut in original boards, worn, [Ghani p.181], 8vo, Printed for the author, [1789].
⁂ Rare first edition of an account of Howel's year-long journey returning to England from India in 1787, up the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates and thence overland from Baghdad to Constantinople.
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