Lot 236
  • 236

Rochet d'Héricourt, C.E.X.

Estimate
600 - 900 GBP
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Description

  • Voyage sur la côte orientale de la mer Rouge, dans le pays d'Adel et le royaume de Choa. Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1841, half-title, 12 lithographed plates, folding engraved map, occasional slight spotting, last leaf creased
Ibid. Second voyage sur les deux rives de la mer Rouge [&c.] Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1846, half-title, 15 lithographed plates, folding engraved map, neat library stamps of the School of Oriental & African Studies, together 2 volumes, first editions, presentation copies, both inscribed by the author on half-title, uniform modern cloth, the second with original wrappers mounted on covers, both with spine labels ''Yemen. Rochet--''Manzoni, Renzo. El Yemen. Tre anni nell'Arabia felice. Rome: Eredi Botta, 1884, first edition, half-title, portrait, 3 folding maps and plans, one coloured, 24 plates (10 folding), illustrations, modern cloth-backed boards, similarly titled on spine as Rochet, some leaves spotted, library stamp partially erased from title, spine slightly faded

Literature

Macro, Yemen 700, 699, 556; Macro, Arabia 1929, 1928, 1528; Gay 115, 115, -