Lot 37
  • 37

Clarke, Edward Daniel

Estimate
700 - 1,000 GBP
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Description

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Clarke, Edward Daniel. Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810-1823, FIRST EDITION, 6 volumes, 4to (264 x 205mm.), half-title in volume 1 only, 184 engraved plates (24 double-page or folding), numerous illustrations in text, contemporary russia gilt, spines gilt, new endpapers, marbled edges, [Atabey 253; Cobham-Jeffery p.11; Weber I, 19; cf. Blackmer 365], minor spotting and browning, a few short tears, some plates trimmed affecting imprint, uniformly rebacked to style 
[Otter, William] The Life and Remains of the Rev. Edward Daniel Clarke. London: J.F. Dove, 1824, FIRST EDITION, 4to (264 x 205mm.), engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary russia gilt, spine gilt, new endpapers, decorated edges, [Atabey, 256; Blackmer 366], pencil annotations, rebacked to style (7)

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Catalogue Note

The six volumes of Clarke's travels are divided into three parts: volume 1 Russia, Tartary and Turkey; volumes 2-4 Greece, Egypt and the Holy Land; volumes 5-6 Scandinavia.