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RAFFLES, Sir Thomas Stamford (1781-1826). The History of Java. London: Cox & Baylis for Black, Parbury & Allen and John Murray, 1817.
2 volumes, 4° (296 x 234mm). Half-titles. Etched portrait frontispiece, 66 plates, maps, views and tables comprising 2 engraved maps (1 hand-coloured and folding), 47 aquatint plates (11 hand-coloured), 15 engraved plates, 1 leaf engraved music and 1 folding letterpress table. (Some browning and spotting.) Contemporary calf gilt, gilt edges (rebacked). Provenance: Col. Addenbrooke (author's presentation inscription 'From the Author to/Col. Addenbrooke').
AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel II.554; Tooley 391. (2)
2 volumes, 4° (296 x 234mm). Half-titles. Etched portrait frontispiece, 66 plates, maps, views and tables comprising 2 engraved maps (1 hand-coloured and folding), 47 aquatint plates (11 hand-coloured), 15 engraved plates, 1 leaf engraved music and 1 folding letterpress table. (Some browning and spotting.) Contemporary calf gilt, gilt edges (rebacked). Provenance: Col. Addenbrooke (author's presentation inscription 'From the Author to/Col. Addenbrooke').
AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel II.554; Tooley 391. (2)
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