![00RTER, Sir Robert Ker (1772-1842). Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c ... during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820. London: A & R. Spottiswoode for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1821-1822. 2 volumes, 4 (270 x 212mm). Engraved portrait frontispieces, two folding engraved maps, 87 plates, plans or maps (including 1 letterpress diagram, 17 aquatints [4 hand-coloured, 2 folding], 39 line engravings [12 folding]), numerous illustrations. (Occasional spotting to plates, lower margins of some plates shaved into the imprint, text leaves E1-4 in vol. II torn and repaired at inner blank margins.) Contemporary diced russia, elaborately tooled in gilt and blind (rebacked, old spines laid down). Provenance: Abraham Wildey Robarts (armorial bookplate).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1999/CKS/1999_CKS_06098_0241_000(113910).jpg?w=1)
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00RTER, Sir Robert Ker (1772-1842). Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c ... during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820. London: A & R. Spottiswoode for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1821-1822. 2 volumes, 4 (270 x 212mm). Engraved portrait frontispieces, two folding engraved maps, 87 plates, plans or maps (including 1 letterpress diagram, 17 aquatints [4 hand-coloured, 2 folding], 39 line engravings [12 folding]), numerous illustrations. (Occasional spotting to plates, lower margins of some plates shaved into the imprint, text leaves E1-4 in vol. II torn and repaired at inner blank margins.) Contemporary diced russia, elaborately tooled in gilt and blind (rebacked, old spines laid down). Provenance: Abraham Wildey Robarts (armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of this major work. The author travelled via the Caucasus to Teheran, then south to Isphahan and the site of ancient Persepolis. Here he made a large number of drawings and transcribed a number of cuneiform inscriptions. Porter remained in Shiraz for a while before returning to Isphahan, then proceeding to Ecbantana and Baghdad and before journeying on from Katabasis to Seutari along the route followed by Xenophon. Abbey Travel 359; Tooley 384. (2)
FIRST EDITION of this major work. The author travelled via the Caucasus to Teheran, then south to Isphahan and the site of ancient Persepolis. Here he made a large number of drawings and transcribed a number of cuneiform inscriptions. Porter remained in Shiraz for a while before returning to Isphahan, then proceeding to Ecbantana and Baghdad and before journeying on from Katabasis to Seutari along the route followed by Xenophon. Abbey Travel 359; Tooley 384. (2)