Lot 947
  • 947

[Noble, Charles Frederick]

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • A Voyage to the East Indies in 1747 and 1748. Containing an account of the islands of St. Helena and Java. Of the city of Batavia. Of the empire of China, with a particular description of Canton. London: T. Becket and P.A. Dehondt, 1762
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (205 x 125mm.), xvi, 342pp., [2pp.], 11 engraved plates, one folding, contemporary half sheep over marbled boards, red label, spine ends chipped

Provenance

Edward Davenport, engraved armorial bookplate

Literature

Löwendahl 523; Lust 348

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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