Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
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