VOYAGES AND TRAVELS; Valentia, 1809, FIRST EDITION
INDIA,CEYLON,EGYPT, LEATHER FINE BINDINGS, Three Vols.
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Voyages and Travels To India, Ceylon, The Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in The Years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806. By George, Viscount Valentia IN THREE VOLUMES London: Printed for William Miller, Albemarle-Street, By W. Bulmer & Co, Cleveland-Row, St. James's 1809 Volume I: Title Page + Letter + List of Plates + Contents + 496 pages Volume II: Title Page + iv + 520 pages + An Enormous MAP of The Red Sea Volume III: Title Page + iii + 506 pages + Author's Advertisement + THREE Enormous MAPS Handsome full leather bindings with five raised bands on each volume, gilt decor on the cover, and gilt foral designs and titles on the spines. Gilt pages edges. Some shelf wear on the edges. Some peeling of the leather on the spines. Bindings are tight and all three volumes are Complete. Free of Markings. Some light foxing on a few pages mainly reserved to the edges of various plates. 9 1/2 X 11 3/4 inches. Large Paper. Only Fifty Copies Printed On Large Paper! Large Maps/Charts: Vol II: Chart of The Red Sea is 24.5 X 30.5 inches. There is a one inch repaired tear at the fold near the book seam, plus very tiny tear at some of the interior fold corners. Vol. III: Survery of the City of Alexandria 21 X 32.5 inches. Repaired one inch tear on the fold near the book seam. 2nd Part of Chart of The Red Sea 24.5 X 30 inches. One inch repaired tear at fold by book seam. Sixty-nine finely Engraved Plates including three folding Plates, three Vignettes, and Nine folding Maps, Charts & Plans. Amazing Set! From a Private Collection purchased in England Not library books *Free Shipping Worldwide* Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.
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