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Lithgow, William
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description
- The Totall Discourse, of the Rare Adventures, and Painefull Peregrinations of long Nineteene Yeares Travailes from Scotland, to the most famous Kingdomes in Europe, Asia, and Affrica. … Together with the Grievous Tortures he Suffered by the Inquisition of Malaga in Spaine. London: Imprinted by I. Okes, 1640
- paper, ink, leather
4to (7 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.; 188 x 140 mm). Frontispiece woodcut of the author in Turkish costume, 8 woodcut text illustrations (including a repeat of the frontispiece, woodcut initials and headpiece; dust-soiling at head of first gathering, small loss to fore-edge of Gg6 touching woodcut verso. Eighteenth-century panelled calf; rebacked, rubbed.
Provenance
John Oglander (armorial bookplate) — Jacob P. R. Lyell (armorial bookplate)
Literature
STC 15714; ESTC S108592; Blackmer 1021
Condition
4to (7 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.; 188 x 140 mm). Frontispiece woodcut of the author in Turkish costume, 8 woodcut text illustrations (including a repeat of the frontispiece, woodcut initials and headpiece; dust-soiling at head of first gathering, small loss to fore-edge of Gg6 touching woodcut verso. Eighteenth-century panelled calf; rebacked, rubbed.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
A revised and enlarged edition, with a new dedication and prologue, of one of the most popular of all seventeenth-century travel books.