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John Anderson | Mission to the east coast of Sumatra, 1826, Brooke-Hitching copy

Lot Closed

May 13, 04:23 PM GMT

Estimate

600 - 800 GBP

Lot Details

Description

John Anderson


Mission to the east coast of Sumatra... Under the direction of the government of Prince of Wales Island. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1826


FIRST EDITION, 8vo (, half-title, 8 engraved plates, 4 folding maps, contemporary dark green cloth, red label, pale cream endpapers, slipcase, some offsetting of plates onto text, covers somewhat marked, spine ends repaired


PROVENANCE:

John Borthwick, Crookston, armorial bookplate; Franklin Brooke-Hitching, sale in these rooms, 27 March 2014, lot 21