GOLDSMID, Sir Frederic John (1818-1908), and others. Eastern Persia an account of the Persian Boundary Commission 1870-71-72. London: E. Pickard Hall & J. H. Stacy for Macmillan & Co., 1876. 2 volumes, 8 (220 x 152mm). 34 maps and plates (comprising: 4 hand-coloured double-page map, 1 wood-engraved plates, 1 tinted lithographed view, finished by hand, 18 hand-coloured lithographic plates of mammals and birds by J. G. Keulemans, 10 lithographic plates of reptiles by G. H. Ford.) (Stamps to titles of both volumes, occasional browning to plates in vol. II, vol.I with small tears to outer margins of final leaf of index, vol. II with upper outer blank corners of R7 and R8 torn away.) Original green cloth (scuffed, recased, modern endpapers). Provenance: London Library (various stamps, including 'Duplicate, sold..' stamp).

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GOLDSMID, Sir Frederic John (1818-1908), and others. Eastern Persia an account of the Persian Boundary Commission 1870-71-72. London: E. Pickard Hall & J. H. Stacy for Macmillan & Co., 1876. 2 volumes, 8 (220 x 152mm). 34 maps and plates (comprising: 4 hand-coloured double-page map, 1 wood-engraved plates, 1 tinted lithographed view, finished by hand, 18 hand-coloured lithographic plates of mammals and birds by J. G. Keulemans, 10 lithographic plates of reptiles by G. H. Ford.) (Stamps to titles of both volumes, occasional browning to plates in vol. II, vol.I with small tears to outer margins of final leaf of index, vol. II with upper outer blank corners of R7 and R8 torn away.) Original green cloth (scuffed, recased, modern endpapers). Provenance: London Library (various stamps, including 'Duplicate, sold..' stamp).

FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH. BM (NH) II,p.693; Nissen ZBI 405. (2)

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