Lot 244
India & China.- Daniell (Thomas and William) A Picturesque Voyage to India by the Way of China, first edition, 1810
Hammer Price: £3,000
Description
India & China.- Daniell (Thomas and William) A Picturesque Voyage to India by the Way of China, first edition, 50 hand-coloured aquatint plates with wash on stiff card, all plates and text leaves mounted on stubs, bookplate, one plate working loose, some browning and occasional spotting, including to plates, later two-tone half morocco, gilt, some rubbing to extremities, [Abbey, Travel 516; Tooley 173; Colas 797], 4to, 1810.
⁂ The important pictorial account of Thomas and his nephew William's voyage via Madeira, the Cape of Good Hope, Java and then along the coast of China to India.
Description
India & China.- Daniell (Thomas and William) A Picturesque Voyage to India by the Way of China, first edition, 50 hand-coloured aquatint plates with wash on stiff card, all plates and text leaves mounted on stubs, bookplate, one plate working loose, some browning and occasional spotting, including to plates, later two-tone half morocco, gilt, some rubbing to extremities, [Abbey, Travel 516; Tooley 173; Colas 797], 4to, 1810.
⁂ The important pictorial account of Thomas and his nephew William's voyage via Madeira, the Cape of Good Hope, Java and then along the coast of China to India.