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Georgia rare books
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First English edition, 8vo, xv, 344 pp., engraved portrait (lightly spotted, tiny water stain to lower blank outer margin), plan of seraglio and folding map, contemporary dark blue polished half calf gilt extra, tan morocco label, marbled edges, a fine copy.
£2,000 -
First English edition, 2 vols, 4to, xlii, 402; [iv], 398, [xviiii] pp., folding engraved map by Senex (not present in the French edition) and 152 engraved plates & maps, 6 folding, folding map and one or two folding plates neatly laid down on linen, vol.1 with title creased and map of Thermia stained in lower margin, vol.2 lightly water-stained towards end, later half tan morocco, by Zaehnsdorf, spines ruled in gilt with raised bands and green morocco labels, t.e.g., light wear, a very good set.
£3,500 -
First edition, 2 vols; 4to, [xviii], 544; [iv], 526, [xl] (index) pp., 152 engraved plates and maps (some folding), tiny marginal burn hole to plate opposite p.379 in vol. II, occasional light browning and spotting, Contemporary calf, gilt spine, red morocco gilt lettering-pieces, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, red edges, extremities faintly rubbed, a fine set.
£3,500 -
First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo., half-title in volume 1 (not called for in volume 2), 3 plates, a few illustrations in text, contemporary half calf, neat repairs to joints, a very good set.
£3,000 -
With 85 engravings on 64 sheets (9 folding), including portrait of Chardin, 18 sheets with double-illustrations and 1 sheet with 4, with additional large folding map of Asia with outline coloured by hand by P. Lapie, 1810, engraved by Blondeau, all protected with original tissue guards. Recent half-calf over marbled boards.
£6,750 -
Folio. With 85 engravings on 64 sheets (9 folding), including 1 map, portrait of Chardin, 18 sheets with double-illustrations and 1 sheet with 4; light waterstain on lower margin of several leaves. Near contemporary half polished calf over marbled boards; a bit rubbed.
£5,750 -
First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo., xxxii, 368; ix, 369-640pp., 8 maps, 18 illustrations, original blue cloth gilt, dust-wrappers, a fine set.
£25