Oriental travels.
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ORIENTAL TRAVELS. CAPPER, JAMES. Observations on the Passage to India, through Egypt. Also by Vienna through Constantinople to Aleppo, and from thence by Bagdad, and Directly Across the Great Desert, to Bassora. With Occasional Remarks on the Adjacent Countries, an Account of the Different Stages, and Sketches of the Several Routes on Four Copper Plates. The Third Edition, with Alterations and Additions. London, printed for W. Faden, J. Robson and R. Sewell, 1785.
8vo. 23 x 14 cm. (8), xxxvi, 270, (15, 1 blank, 1) pp. With 1 folding engraved plate and 3 folding engraved maps. Rebacked contemporary half calf with gilt spine with red label, and marbled boards. Some inkstains in text. First map (Arabian Gulf) scribbled with ink on rear, slightly bled-through. Second map (A Sketch of Egypt) with repaired tear. Third map (Sketch of Route across the Great Desert...) with a tear in junction of folds. The route highlighted with red ink.
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Auktionsnummer:
425528
Datum:
2016-12-04