Exploration and Discovery, 1576-1939, The Library of Franklin Brooke- Hitching, Part 3, K-P

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Lot 981
  • 981

Ouseley, William

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3,500 - 4,500 GBP
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Description

  • Travels in the Various Countries of the East; more particularly Persia. London: Rodwell and Martin, 1819
  • Paper
FIRST EDITION, 3 volumes, 4to (279 x 213mm.), (vol.1) xxvi, [ii], 456pp.; (vol.2) [iv], 544pp.; (vol.3) [iv], 600pp., 3 folding maps, 82 numbered engraved plates, contemporary calf, dark blue and red labels, expertly rebacked retaining original spines

Provenance

Frances Mary Richardson Currer, noted female bibliophile, armorial bookplate

Literature

Borba de Moraes p.642; Ghani p.291; Weber I, 80; Wilson p.164; not in Atabey or Blackmer

Catalogue Note

Sir William Ouseley (1769-1842) was secretary to his brother Sir Gore, who was sent to Persia as ambassador in 1810. In 1813 Sir William returned to England, whereupon he began work on this book providing an account of his travels to and in Persia. This scarce work contains much information on the archaeology, manners and customs of the Middle East. The author visited and describes Madeira, Rio de Janeiro, Ceylon, the Malabar coast, Bombay, the Persian Gulf and Bushire, Shiraz, Fasa Darab, Persepolis, Isfahan, Tehran, the ruins of Rai, the Caspian Sea, the province of Mazenderan, Tibriz, Constantinople and Smyrna.