JOHNSON, LIEUT. COL. JOHN.
A Journey from India to England. Through Persia, Georgia, Russia, Poland, and Prussia, in the Year 1817. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. First edition. Contemporary marbled paper boards, modern brown cloth spine and corners, edges sprinkled blue. 10 1/2 x 8 inches; x, [2], 376 pp., colored aquatint frontispiece,12 plates comprising three colored aquatints, eight uncolored aquatints, and one engraving. Rubbing and wear, rebacked in cloth over spine and corners, endpapers renewed, contents occasionally soiled, spotted, and toned, with offsetting from some plates.
Wilson p.111; Abbey, Travel 518; Prideaux 341.
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JOHNSON, LIEUT. COL. JOHN.
A Journey from India to England. Through Persia, Georgia, Russia, Poland, and Prussia, in the Year 1817. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. First edition. Contemporary marbled paper boards, modern brown cloth spine and corners, edges sprinkled blue. 10 1/2 x 8 inches; x, [2], 376 pp., colored aquatint frontispiece,12 plates comprising three colored aquatints, eight uncolored aquatints, and one engraving. Rubbing and wear, rebacked in cloth over spine and corners, endpapers renewed, contents occasionally soiled, spotted, and toned, with offsetting from some plates.
Wilson p.111; Abbey, Travel 518; Prideaux 341.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, Mar 22, 2022