Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History

Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History

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PROPERTY OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE SANDYS TRUST, LOTS 109-122

Riesedel | Travels through Sicily, 1773 [bound with] Staehlin, Account of the new northern Archipelago, 1774

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November 12, 04:34 PM GMT

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PROPERTY OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE SANDYS TRUST, LOTS 109-122


[RIEDESEL, JOHANN HERMANN VON]

Travels through Sicily and that part of Italy formerly called Magna Græcia. And a tour through Egypt. London: printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1773


[bound with] Staehlin, Jakob von. Account of the new northern Archipelago, lately discovered by the Russians. London: printed for C. Heydinger, 1774, folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline, lacking list of subscribers and advertisement leaf, together 2 works bound in one volume, 8vo (212 x 127mm.), contemporary calf, marbled boards, [ESTC T136713 and T110706], minor spotting, rubbed


PROVENANCE:

Lord Sandys, armorial bookplate (probably Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys, 1695-1770, added posthumously)