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JONAS HANWAY (1712-1786)
An Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea [volume II: The Revolution of Persia], London: for T. Osborner, D. Brown [and 11 others], 1754. 2 volumes, (257 x 218mm.). Engraved frontispiece in each volume, 17 plates and 9 folding maps, headpieces. (3 maps with long but clean tears, occasional light spotting or light marginal soiling.) Contemporary calf (all but rear joints of vol. I cracked but cords firmly holding, head and tail of spines chipped, scuffed and rubbed). Provenance: James Modyford Heywood, Maristow Devon (bookplate). Second edition. cf. Goldsmiths' 8801; Kress 5269. (2)
An Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea [volume II: The Revolution of Persia], London: for T. Osborner, D. Brown [and 11 others], 1754. 2 volumes, (257 x 218mm.). Engraved frontispiece in each volume, 17 plates and 9 folding maps, headpieces. (3 maps with long but clean tears, occasional light spotting or light marginal soiling.) Contemporary calf (all but rear joints of vol. I cracked but cords firmly holding, head and tail of spines chipped, scuffed and rubbed). Provenance: James Modyford Heywood, Maristow Devon (bookplate). Second edition. cf. Goldsmiths' 8801; Kress 5269. (2)
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