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JOHNSTON, Robert. Travels through part of the Russian empire and part of Poland; along the southern shores of the Baltic. London: Cox and Baylis for J.J.Stockdale, 1815. 4° (292 x 223mm.). 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 2 engraved maps, 1 wood-engraved plate and 1 illustration (some slight offsetting of text onto plates, occasional light spoting). Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, g.e. (extremities scuffed, joints weak). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 15. - MEYRICK, Samuel Rush & SMITH, Charles Hamilton. The Costume of the original inhabitants of the British Islands. London: Howlett & Brimmer for Thomas M'Lean, 1821. 2° (357 x 257mm.). Hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 24 plates by R.Havell (occasional light spotting). Contemporary olive straight-grained morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, g.e. (extremities slightly rubbed). Provenance: E.Beauclerk (signature); C.E.Esdaile (armorial bookplate). (2)