Lot 677
  • 677

Jackson, John

Estimate
400 - 600 GBP
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Description

  • Journey from India, towards England, in the year 1797; by a route commonly called over-land, through Countries not much frequented, and many of them hitherto unknown to Europeans, particularly between the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris, through Curdistan, Diarbek, Armenia, and Natolia, in Asia; and through Romalia, Bulgaria, Wallachia, Transylvania, &c. London: Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1799
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (215 x 125mm.), xvi, 278pp., [ii pp. adverts], folding engraved map, 5 engraved plates, contemporary red half morocco, blue marbled boards

Provenance

Gustav Bonde, Säfstaholms Bibliothek, signature and bookplate

Literature

Wilson p.108; not in Atabey

Condition

A good copy
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