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266. Gough (Richard) se p u l C h r a l mo n u m e n t s in gr e at britian,
4 parts only (of 5) in 2 vol., first e d i t i o n, 208 engraved plates (of
276), illustrations, contemporary diced russia, gilt, joints split,
spines and corners worn, rubbed, folio, J.Nichols for the author,
1786-1796. £300 - £400
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267. Keate (George) an aC C o u n t o f t h e pe l e w is l a n d s, first
e d i t i o n, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding chart and 15 plates,
offsetting, chart with some creasing, a few small stains, occasional
spotting, later tree calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip
with gilt ship motifs and a red morocco label, corners worn, rubbed,
[Hill p.160], 4to, for G.Nicol, 1788. £300 - £400
*** The work is based on the journals of Captain Henry Wilson,
who commanded a ship for the British East India Company. In 1783
his ship The Antelope ran onto a reef near off Ulong Island.
Lot 268
268. La Perouse (Jean François Galaup de) a vo ya g e ro u n d t h e
wo r l d in t h e ye a r s 1785, 1786, 1787, a n d 1788, 3 vol., engraved
portrait frontispiece and 40 (of 42) maps, charts and plates,
offsetting, vol.3 Chart of the Archipelago of Navigators Islands,
split at a fold and tipped-in on 2 ff., some spotting, modern half calf,
spines gilt and with red and black morocco labels, [Sabin 38963],
8vo, for J.Johnson, 1798. £1,500 - £2,000
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269. Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) th e hi s t o ry o f t h e
ab b e y Ch u r C h o f st.pe t e r’s we s t m i n s t e r, it s an t i Q u i t i e s a n d
mo n u m e n t s, 2 vol., first e d i t i o n, second issue (with first plate
in vol.2 signed Pugin), half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece
and plan, 81 hand-coloured aquatint plates, offsetting, some lighy
browning (or foxing), occasional spotting, contemporary blindstamped
and gilt calf, sympathetically rebacked, [Abbey, Scenery,
213], a very good copy, 4to, 1812. £600 - £800
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270. Legh (Thomas) na r r at i v e o f a Jo u r n e y in eg y p t a n d t h e
Co u n t ry be y o n d t h e Cata r a C t s, first e d i t i o n, aquatint frontispiece,
engraved folding map, folding plate of script and 9 other plates,
some aquatint, offsetting, some foxing, contemporary armorial calf,
gilt, rebacked, corners worn, scuffed, 4to, 1816. £300 - £400
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