Lot 633
  • 633

Hodges, William

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Hodges, William
  • Travels in India, during the years 1780, 1781, 1782 & 1783. London: Printed for the Author, 1793
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, wide margins, 4to (295 x 235mm.), vi, 156, [ii] pp., folding engraved map, 14 engraved plates, 4 duplicates in proof state, contemporary red straight-grained half morocco, spine gilt with Beckford's cross-patté and cinquefoil emblems, brown paper boards with red morocco corner pieces, uncut, plates spotted, sides slightly rubbed

The Beckford-Rosebery copy.

Provenance

William Beckford, crest on spine; Archibald Philip, Earl of Rosebery, bookplate (sale in these rooms, 27 October 1975, lot 130)

Condition

a good copy
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