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ATKINSON, James (1780-1852). Sketches in Afghaunistan. London: Henry Graves, 1842. 2° (535 x 370 mm). Tinted lithographic title, lithographic dedication leaf, one leaf of descriptive text printed in blue, and 25 tinted lithographic plates by Louis and Charles Haghe. (Occasional spotting, mainly marginal.) Contemporary quarter sheep (worn). Provenance: Egerton Spicer (inscription)
FIRST EDITION. Atkinson, a doctor by training and an accomplished Persian scholar, had accompanied the army of the Indus on its march to Kabul and returned to Bengal in 1841 before the massacre of the army of occupation. These illustrations were to accompany his narrative of the journey into what was then a little-known country.
Sold together with: SALE, Florentia, Lady. A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2. London: John Murray, 1843. PRESENTATION COPY to Richard Henry FitzRoy, 2nd Baron of Raglan. Abbey Travel 508; Colas 173; Lipperheide Ld 31; Tooley 73.
FIRST EDITION. Atkinson, a doctor by training and an accomplished Persian scholar, had accompanied the army of the Indus on its march to Kabul and returned to Bengal in 1841 before the massacre of the army of occupation. These illustrations were to accompany his narrative of the journey into what was then a little-known country.
Sold together with: SALE, Florentia, Lady. A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2. London: John Murray, 1843. PRESENTATION COPY to Richard Henry FitzRoy, 2nd Baron of Raglan. Abbey Travel 508; Colas 173; Lipperheide Ld 31; Tooley 73.
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