Browne, Edward

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 USD

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Description

Browne, Edward
A Brief Account of Some Travels in Hungaria, Servia, Bulgaria... also some observations on the gold, silver, copper and quick-silver mines.... London: by T.R. for Benj. Tooke, 1673
ink, paper, leather

4to (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 ins.; 194 x 154 mm). 9 engraved plates including 4 double-page views; early owner's name on title, one plate with two small closed tears, occasional staining. Contemporary calf; restoration to spine and upper joint.

Provenance

Sir Thomas Browne (gift inscription to Thomas Corie) — H. Holland Edwards (bookplate). acquisition: Pickering & Chatto, 1991

Literature

Wing B5110; ESTC R35409; Keynes 509

Catalogue Note

Presentation copy from Sir Thomas Browne to Thomas Corie. Edward Brown's first original work; Sir Thomas Browne worked closely with his son on a number of his own projects, as well as advising on the present work. The endpaper opposite the title has the deleted but still legible inscription "Tho. Corie, Ex dono pra[e?] clarissimi Thoma. Browne Militis." The Corie of the presentation is perhaps legal scholar Thomas Corey and the few early ink notes in the text are presumably from his reading. Presentations from Browne are uncommon.