Lot 488
  • 488

Forster, George

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • A Journey from Bengal to England, through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia by the Caspian-Sea. London: R. Faulder, 1798
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 4to (268 x 205mm.), (vol.1) xiv, [ii], 315pp.; (vol.2) [iv], 298pp., half-titles, large folding engraved route map, contemporary tree calf, flat spines, red title and circular numeral labels, speckled blue edges

A remarkably fine copy.

Provenance

James Abercromby, signature on title of vol. 2; Eustace of Baltinglass, armorial bookplate

Literature

Ghani p.136; Wilson p.73; Yakushi (1994) F145a

Condition

A fine copy
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