Lot 717
  • 717

Keppel, George

Estimate
400 - 600 GBP
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Description

  • Keppel, George
  • Narrative of a Journey across the Balcan, by the Two Passes of Selimno and Pravadi; also of a Visit to Azani, and other Newly Discovered Ruins in Asia Minor. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (222 x 139mm.), (vol.1) 4pp. adverts, xvi, 464pp.; (vol.2) xiv, 466pp., [ii pp. adverts], 3 engraved maps [2 folding], one hand-coloured aquatint plate, illustrations, publisher's cloth-backed grey boards, printed paper labels, slipcase, maps spotted and offset, spines faded

Provenance

Mary Lucy Cole, signature on titles; Chris Cole, signature on upper covers

Literature

Abbey, Travel 207; Atabey 632; Blackmer 909; Weber I, 201

Condition

The condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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