Lot 249
  • 249

Wittman, William

Estimate
700 - 1,000 GBP
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Description

  • Travels in Turkey, Asia-Minor, Syria, and across the desert into Egypt. London: Richard Phillips, 1803
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 4to (266 x 205mm.), 24 engraved or aquatint plates and maps, 17 coloured by hand, a few folding, contemporary half morocco, occasional offsetting, binding soiled, rebacked

Provenance

Charles William, Earl of Sefton, bookplate

Literature

Atabey 1344; Blackmer 1832; Weber I, 647

Condition

The condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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