Lot 261

Voyages.- Valentia (George Annesley, Viscount) Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt..., 3 vol., first edition, 1809.

 

Hammer Price: £500

Description

Voyages.- Valentia (George Annesley, Viscount) Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806, 3 vol., first edition, presentation copy with inscription to front free endpaper, half-titles, 3 engraved vignette head-pieces and 69 engraved plates, maps and plans, 12 folding, advertisement leaf at end of vol.3, some plates a little foxed and offset, mostly in vol.1, the rest generally very clean, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old red roan labels (slightly chipped), corners and upper edge of rear board repaired, a good copy, [cf.Abbey, Travel 515], 4to, 1809.

Description

Voyages.- Valentia (George Annesley, Viscount) Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806, 3 vol., first edition, presentation copy with inscription to front free endpaper, half-titles, 3 engraved vignette head-pieces and 69 engraved plates, maps and plans, 12 folding, advertisement leaf at end of vol.3, some plates a little foxed and offset, mostly in vol.1, the rest generally very clean, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old red roan labels (slightly chipped), corners and upper edge of rear board repaired, a good copy, [cf.Abbey, Travel 515], 4to, 1809.

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