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Wednesday 18 November 2020, 10:30 AM • Rome

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Viaggi - Buckingham, James Silk

Travels in Mesopotamia, 1827

Estimate

€ 100 - 200

Sold

€ 128

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Information

London, Colburn, 1827. In 8th. 2 vols. Numerous engraved views, 2 double plates, missing the folded geographical map reported in other copies, detached the front panel and the 2 guard cards in vol. I, usual blooms, coeval half leather binding with corners, gold titles on a red gusset on the backs, and small friezes, spray cuts, back plate of the second tome detached, small defects on the spine. Notes of ownership to counterplates.

Specialist Notes

Report of the author's journey from Aleppo to Baghdad, published in the same year as the first edition in 4 ° format.