Travel, Atlases, Maps and Photographs
Travel, Atlases, Maps and Photographs
Lot Closed
May 24, 02:29 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Sierra Leone
Two works bound in one volume, comprising:
An Account of the Colony of Sierra Leone, from its first establishment in 1793. London: James Philips, 1795, engraved folding map, 242pp.
[BOUND WITH:]
Substance of the Report of the Court of Directors of the Sierra Leone Company, delivered to the Court of Proprietors, on Thursday the 26th February, 1795. London: James Philips, 1795. 31pp.
2 works in one volume, 8vo (212 x 125mm.), half morocco over marbled boards, rebacked retaining original spine, modern red morocco label, small closed tear to map, extremities slightly rubbed
PROVENANCE:
J. Howe, "perfumer and dealer in medicines, Spilsby", bookplate; Spilsby Society, manuscript annotation to title