Lot 162

Middle East.- Chesney (Lieut.-Colonel Francis Rawdon) The Expedition for the Survey of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris, 3 vol. (maps bound separately), first editions, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850.

Hammer Price: £2,400

Description

Middle East.- Chesney (Lieut.-Colonel Francis Rawdon) The Expedition for the Survey of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris, 3 vol. (maps bound separately), first edition, 49 tinted lithographed plates, illustrations, a few marginal tears, occasional water- or damp-staining, mainly marginal but sometimes affecting plates, occasional surface soiling, some spotting and very light browning, map vol. with 14 linen-backed maps (some short tears at folds, slight offsetting), ex-library copies with bookplates, ink-stamp to titles, plates, maps and illustrations, text vol. modern royal blue half cloth, map vol. 19th century half morocco, map vol. with library sticker to spine, wear to spine and extremities, [Atabey 234; Blackmer 337], 8vo, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850.

⁂ "Only 2 of the four volumes were published, since half of the manuscript was lost when Chesney was sent to China; this also explains the random numbering of the plates" (Atabey).

Description

Middle East.- Chesney (Lieut.-Colonel Francis Rawdon) The Expedition for the Survey of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris, 3 vol. (maps bound separately), first edition, 49 tinted lithographed plates, illustrations, a few marginal tears, occasional water- or damp-staining, mainly marginal but sometimes affecting plates, occasional surface soiling, some spotting and very light browning, map vol. with 14 linen-backed maps (some short tears at folds, slight offsetting), ex-library copies with bookplates, ink-stamp to titles, plates, maps and illustrations, text vol. modern royal blue half cloth, map vol. 19th century half morocco, map vol. with library sticker to spine, wear to spine and extremities, [Atabey 234; Blackmer 337], 8vo, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850.

⁂ "Only 2 of the four volumes were published, since half of the manuscript was lost when Chesney was sent to China; this also explains the random numbering of the plates" (Atabey).

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