Opmaak 1 - Gert Jan Bestebreurtje

151 SEELY, John B. The wonders of Elora; or, the narrative of a journey to the
temples and dwellings excavated out of a mountain of granite, and extending upwards
of a mile and a quarter, at Elora, the East Indies, by the route of Poona, Ahmed-
Nuggur, and Toka, returning by Dowlutabad and Aurungabad; with some general
observations on the people and country. London, G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1824.
Contemporary polished calf, gilt fillets on sides, spine gilt in compartments with red
morocco title-label (binding by Henitoton). With folding aquatint frontispiece
(Temple of Indra), large folding aquatint plate (mosque of Rabea Doorany), folding
plan, 2 wood-engraved illustrations and 6 plates. XVI,559 pp. € 1.125,00
First edition. - Describes Bombay Presidency with accounts of Poona and
Ahmednagar, preservation of temples and pyramids in the cave temples of Ellora
with notes on Kailas, Visvakarma, Jagannath, Adinath and other temples. Including
notes on the Portuguese and the East India Company. - A very fine copy of a rare and
important book.
152 SEWARD, William H. Travels around the world. Edited by Oliver Risley
Seward. N.Y., D. Appleton and Comp., 1873.
Original blue cloth gilt, spine richly gilt. With portrait, folding map and 200 woodengravings.
XII,730 pp. € 325,00
Voyage from San Francisco to Japan, China, Cochin China, Indonesia, Straits of
Malacca and Ceylon, British India, Egypt and Palestine, Turkey and part of Europe. -
Nicely illustrated. - A fine copy.
Sabin 79594.
153 SIERRA LEONE. View from Freetown from the sea with sailing ships in the
foreground. (No pl.), W.J. Huggins, (ca. 1850).
Hand-coloured engraved view, heightend with gum arabic, after S.M. Arthur by E.
Duncan. Ca. 58 x 83 cm (including margins). € 1.250,00
Magnificent view of a West African city, Freetown, with sailing vessels and local
boats. Dedicated to Lord Gambier.
See Mountfield, African exploration, p.89 for illustration. – See illustration.