Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History

Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History

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BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EARLS OF HADDINGTON, LOTS 54-108

Irwin | A series of adventures in the course of a voyage up the Red-Sea, 1780

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BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EARLS OF HADDINGTON, LOTS 54-108


IRWIN, EYLES

A series of adventures in the course of a voyage up the Red-Sea… the second edition. London: J. Dodsley, 1780


4to (260 x 207mm.), half-title, dedication leaf, 3 engraved plates, 3 engraved maps, contemporary sprinkled calf, two plates browned, one map torn and creased, O2 torn


LITERATURE:

Blackmer 865


PROVENANCE:

George Baillie (1664–1738), engraved armorial bookplate applied posthumously; Hon. George Baillie (c.1721–1797), signature on title; thence by descent to the Earls of Haddington