Hanway´s, Mandeville´s and Wafer´s travels
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RUSSIA - INDIA - PERSIA - GREENLAND. HANWAY, (JONAS) - MANDEVILLE, JOHN - WAFER, LIONEL . A Compendium of the Travels of Mr. Hanway, sir John Mandeville and mr. Lionel Wafer, and a Description of Greenland. Dublin (printed for J. Smith) 1757.
8:o (about 173x102 mm.). ((2), (i)-v, (1 blank), (1)-288 pp.
Contemporary brown calf, worn, upper board loose, crack in lower joint, spine in six compartments. Minor foxing. Bookplate of Gösta Nobel.
Provenance: Gustaf Oscar Ludvig (Gösta) Nobel (1886-1955), youngest son of Ludvig and Edla Nobel, was in Baku between 1914-17 and later took over as Managing Director over Branobel or "The Nobel Brothers Company". The oil company was founded in Baku by his father and the two brothers Alfred and Robert. He and his family had to flee Russia 1918 during the Russian revolution.
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Auktionsnummer:
519208
Date:
2018-02-27