Lot 528
  • 528

Fraser, James Baillie

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description

  • Fraser, James Baillie
  • Travels in Koordistan, Mesopotamia, etc. London: Richard Bentley, 1840
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, 2 volumes, 8vo (225 x 135mm.), (vol.1) viii, 382pp., [ii pp. blank]; (vol.2) x, 478pp., [ii pp. blank], 2 engraved frontispieces, original blindstamped ribbed purple cloth, yellow endpapers, slipcase, occasional slight spotting, covers very slightly marked, spines faded



Presentation copy, both volumes inscribed on title, "To W. Fraser Tytler Esq of Balmain from his affectionate friend & cousin the Author".



An account of Fraser's return journey from his diplomatic mission to Persia (the outward journey was recorded in his A Winter's Journey (Tâtar,) from Constantinople to Tehran, see lot 529).



 

Literature

Ghani p.142; Wilson p.75; not in Atabey

Condition

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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