Description
Asia.- Osbeck (Peter) A Voyage to China and the East Indies...together with A Voyage to Suratte, by Olof Toreen...and An Account of Chinese Husbandry, by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg, translated by John Reinhold Forster, 2 vol., first English edition, 13 engraved plates, mostly botanical, some light browning and offsetting, vol.1 with tear to upper margin of Y3, vol.2 with foxing to U gathering, contemporary calf, gilt, red roan labels, a little rubbed and scuffed, slight wear to corners and heads of spines, 8vo, for Benjamin White, 1771.
Lot 11
Asia.- Osbeck (Peter) A Voyage to China and the East Indies..., 2 vol., first English edition, for Benjamin White, 1771.
Hammer Price: £750
Description
Asia.- Osbeck (Peter) A Voyage to China and the East Indies...together with A Voyage to Suratte, by Olof Toreen...and An Account of Chinese Husbandry, by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg, translated by John Reinhold Forster, 2 vol., first English edition, 13 engraved plates, mostly botanical, some light browning and offsetting, vol.1 with tear to upper margin of Y3, vol.2 with foxing to U gathering, contemporary calf, gilt, red roan labels, a little rubbed and scuffed, slight wear to corners and heads of spines, 8vo, for Benjamin White, 1771.