Lot 232
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Overland route between Enlgand and India--Griffith, G.D.

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  • A Journey across the Desert, from Ceylon to Marseilles. London, 1845, 2 vol., half-titles, frontispieces, illustrations
Bourchier, W. Narrative of a Passage from Bombay to England. London, 1834, map--Renshaw, R. Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, the Indian Ocean, and up the Red Sea... fourth edition. Manchester, 1837, folding frontispiece--Lushington, C. Narrative of a Journey from Calcutta to Europe by way of Egypt. London, 1829, half-title, frontispiece--Hanson, Capt. Route of Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Nightingall overland from India. London, 1820, folding map, errata leaf at end, map stained--[Sherer, J.M.] Scenes and Impressions in Egypt and Italy. London, 1824--[?Davidson, J.] The Ocean and the Desert. By a Madras Officer. London, 1846, 2 vol., presentation copy, half-titles, 6 plates, occasional spotting--Roberts, Emma. Notes of an overland Journey through France and Egypt to Bombay. London, 1841--The Route of the overland Mail to India. London: Atchley & Co., [inscription dated 1851], oblong folio (240 x 375mm.), wood-engraved pictorial title and 31 plates, slightly soiled and spotted; all but the last 8vo, various bindings, most somewhat worn and/or repaired; and 19 others, similar (30)

Catalogue Note

A comprehensive collection of works describing the route between England and India, mostly by way of the Red Sea and Aden.