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Description: Scarce Minerva Press imprint of two travel works. Curiously, apart from the Minerva title page, this volume seems identical to Volume XXII of Mavor's Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period . . . (1801), even containing the same pagination, printer imprint, and volume numbering (as Minerva was known to place their imprint on those of other publishers). 12mo. [viii], [1]-318. Frontispiece and engravings at pgs. 93 and 265. Not in Blakey. Not is McLeod. Two copies located on Worldcat as of February 2021 (Yale and NLS). About good in well-worn blue paper board with spine label with substantial loss, hinges loose, prior owner name to title page, some soiling and dog-eared pages, but contents generally clean. Nevertheless desirable as a very scarce item.
Seller: Nelson Rare Books, ABAA, Haddonfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$345.83 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small demy4to, portrait frontis, xii, 608; [iv], 531 p. Original brown paper covered boards. The fragile backstrips have been treated with a shiny dark brown material to stabilise them, the somewhat rounded corners of the boards have also been stabilised, there is a small piece missing from the outer top of the lower board of Vol. 2, Vol. 1 has light staining to the lower fore-corner of the last 40%, slight foxing to the engraved frontis and offsetting to the title otherwise a VG clean and tight set with the half-title in Vol. 1 and the armorial bookplates of Thomas Swinnerton Armiger, founder with Dr. William Cooke of the Hunterian Society of Physicians and Surgeons in London, on the front pastedowns. Regardless of the list of issues this is a valuable large paper uncut set that could be placed in a nice modern binding or kept as is. The title continues: and a Journal of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. With an Appendix to Each Volume. First edition. The full title reads: Some Account of the Public Life, and a Selection from the Unpublished Writings, of the Earl of Macartney. The Latter Consisting of Extracts from an Account of the Russian Empire, a Sketch of the Political History of Ireland,
Seller: JIRI Books, Lisburn, United Kingdom
Price: US$473.92 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volume set, full calf. 27.5 x 22.5cm. xii, 608pp. Portrait frontis. [4], 531pp. End-papers rather stained. Some foxing to last and last few leaves but otherwise contents very clean. Firm binding, slight wear to head of spines. Previous owner's bookplate and the name Lady Popham on the front end-papers of each volume. A rather pleasing set.
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom
Price: US$508.70 + shipping
Description: Two volumes. Quarto. Pp. xii, 608; 531. Plus portrait frontispiece, engraved by L. Schiavonetti after H. Edridge, which is very foxed due to paper quality, affecting title-page as often. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in contemporary half blonde calf extra, marbled boards, blind ruled sides, spine with raised bands decoratively tooled in gilt, blind embossed compartments, 2 dark-green gilt lettering-pieces in remaining compartments, "London 1807" gilt-stamped at foot of each spine, bit discoloured, extremities bit rubbed, chafed, ownership signature, first free endpaper of one volume creased. Attractive wide-margined copy in a very good condition, very clean interior. ~ FIRST EDITION. Important work for its account of Macartney's embassy to China. Lust, 501; Cordier BS, 2391. ~ Provenance: from the private library of Stafford H. Northcote, with his attractive engraved armorial bookplate "Christi crux est mea lux" ("The cross of Christ is my light") to each volume. Sir Stafford Henry Northcote (1818-1887), 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, was Secretary of State for India (1867), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1874-1880), and British Foreign Secretary (1886). His(?) bookmark, silken red, hand embroidered with the word "Faith", is loosely inserted in volume II. [TO THIS IS ADDED:] Loosely inserted in this copy are 2 engraved prints, apparently collected by Northcote. These are as follows: I. "View of the City of Batavia, with a Distant View of the Mountain Overhanging the Valley of the Upas, or Poison Tree. (From Authenticated Documents.)" Oblong, 200 x 260mm. Engraved by T. Dixon, after W. M. Craig, published by H. Fisher, London, 1826. II. "Sir James Brooke. (Raja of Sarawak.) From a Photograph taken expressly for the Work by Herbert Watkins." Portrait, 245 x 170mm. Stipple engraved by W. Edwards, published by James S. Virtue, London, undated. Both prints are in fine condition. B-3
Seller: Librarium of The Hague, The Hague, Netherlands