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Maps, Travel & Sporting Books Including The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
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Lee's translation of The travels of Ibn Batuta, 1829
Estate / Collection: The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
BATUTA, IBN and SAMUEL LEE, translator
The travels of Ibn Batuta; translated from the abridged Arabic manuscript copies... London: J. Murray, 1829. Bound with: Report of the Proceedings of the First General Meeting of the Subscribers to the Oriental Translation Fund. London: J.L. Cox, 1829. First English edition. Later half morocco, marbled sides. 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches (27.5 x 21.5 cm); xx, 243, [1] pp.; 16 pp. Light wear. Deaccessioned from the Admiralty Library (stamp on title). Generally a clean copy.
Batuta began his travels in 1325 at the age of 21. The history of his travels were dictated to an amanuensis who recorded his account (adding some embellishments in the process). The work was finished in 1355 and was entitled "A Gift for the Observing wherein are set forth the Curiosities of Cities and the Wonders of Travel." Batuta's account includes information about his journeys to Tangiers, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Arabia, Persia, Africa, Central Asia, India, Ceylon, and China. Cordier 2046; Cox I, p. 85; Lust 273; Morrison I, 430.
Sold for $4,480
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Estate / Collection: The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
BATUTA, IBN and SAMUEL LEE, translator
The travels of Ibn Batuta; translated from the abridged Arabic manuscript copies... London: J. Murray, 1829. Bound with: Report of the Proceedings of the First General Meeting of the Subscribers to the Oriental Translation Fund. London: J.L. Cox, 1829. First English edition. Later half morocco, marbled sides. 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches (27.5 x 21.5 cm); xx, 243, [1] pp.; 16 pp. Light wear. Deaccessioned from the Admiralty Library (stamp on title). Generally a clean copy.
Batuta began his travels in 1325 at the age of 21. The history of his travels were dictated to an amanuensis who recorded his account (adding some embellishments in the process). The work was finished in 1355 and was entitled "A Gift for the Observing wherein are set forth the Curiosities of Cities and the Wonders of Travel." Batuta's account includes information about his journeys to Tangiers, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Arabia, Persia, Africa, Central Asia, India, Ceylon, and China. Cordier 2046; Cox I, p. 85; Lust 273; Morrison I, 430.
Auction: Maps, Travel & Sporting Books Including The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection, ending Mar 7, 2024
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Timed Auction of Maps, Travel & Sporting Books Including the Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
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Bidding Will Open on February 22 and Close on Thursday, March 7, 2024 beginning at 10am
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Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle will hold a timed online auction of Maps, Travel & Sporting Books closing on Thursday, March 7, 2024 beginning at 10am. Explore the world through a fascinating range of offerings featuring maps, Americana, travel, sporting books, literary sets and the Esmond Bradley Martin Collection of Africana.
Esmond Bradley Martin
Esmond Bradley Martin (1941-2018) was educated as a geographer and philosopher. He and his wife Chryssee had an enduring fascination with Africa, and settled in Nairobi, Kenya, in the mid-1970s. He wrote extensively, oftentimes in conjunction with his wife, publishing works including Zanzibar. Tradition and Revolution, Hamish Hamilton, 1978; Cargoes of the east. The ports, trade, and culture of the Arabian Seas and western Indian Ocean, Elm Tree Press, 1978; and many other works on African history and conservation. In the late 1970s, he began extensive research into the illegal trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn, which included substantial stints incognito posing as a buyer of illicit wildlife products. For a while, he served as special envoy for rhino conservation for the United Nations.
For about thirty years, beginning in the mid-1960s, Esmond Bradley Martin assiduously collected books and manuscripts on Africa and its history, acquiring a phenomenal collection of letters by many of the major English explorers of the nineteenth century, as well as numerous rarities from earlier centuries. He was buying at a time when troves of such material surfaced frequently at English auctions. Doyle was privileged to offer the first selection from his collection in the November 7, 2023 auction. We are pleased to present this second offering of property from The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection.
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