Exploration and Discovery, 1576-1939 The Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching Part 4, Q-Z

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Lot 1366
  • 1366

Wilson, John

Estimate
400 - 600 GBP
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Description

  • Medical Notes on China. By John Wilson... Inspector of Naval Hospitals and Fleets. London: John Churchill, 1846
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, 8vo (208 x 128mm.), xx, 268pp., folding table, contemporary dark red cross-grained morocco, gilt edges, yellow endpapers

Provenance

Earl of Ellenborough, First Lord of the Admiralty, presentation inscription; Earl of Ellenborough's heirlooms no.307, stamp; Southam de la Bere, Earl of Ellenborough, book label

Literature

Lust 1228

Catalogue Note

PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "The Right Honble the Earl of Ellenborough First Lord of the Admiralty... from the Author". The author was based in Chusan (Choushan) and Hong Kong.