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WILLIAM HODGES (1744-1797)
Travels in India, during the Years 1780, 1781, 1782, & 1783. London: for the author, 1793. 4° (295 x 233mm). Engraved folding map by John Cary and 14 engraved plates by Medland, Byrne, Angus, Skelton, Pouncey, Tompkins, Fittler, and Walker after Hodges. One-leaf 'Table of Plates' and advertisement at the end. (Variable light spotting and some light creasing.) Contemporary English half diced Russia gilt, spine gilt in compartments and lettered in one (a little rubbed and marked, extremities bumped and chipped, short split on upper joint). FIRST EDITION. Brunet III, col. 242; Cox I, p. 304; ESTCT87144; Lowndes pp.1079-1080.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1721-1793)
An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India. London: A. Strahan, T. Cadell and Edinburgh: E. Balfour, 1791. 4° (272 x 210mm). 2 engraved folding maps. (Occasional light spotting or marking.) Contemporary English speckled calf gilt, boards with 'greek-key' roll borders, gilt board-edges, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-piece (lightly rubbed and scuffed, corners lightly bumped, minor worming to foot of spine and joints). Provenance: occasional early pencilled annotations. FIRST EDITION. Brunet IV, col. 1332 (erroneously dated 1790); Lowndes p. 2107.
ABRAHAM HYACINTHE ANQUETIL-DUPERRON
Recherches historiques et gégraphiques sur l'Inde. Berlin: Pierre Bourdeaux for Johann Bernoulli III, 1786-1787. 2 parts in one volume, 4° (268 x 209mm). Letterpress title and part-titles. (Variable light spotting and browning, lacking maps and plates.) Brunet I, cols 302-303. (3)
Travels in India, during the Years 1780, 1781, 1782, & 1783. London: for the author, 1793. 4° (295 x 233mm). Engraved folding map by John Cary and 14 engraved plates by Medland, Byrne, Angus, Skelton, Pouncey, Tompkins, Fittler, and Walker after Hodges. One-leaf 'Table of Plates' and advertisement at the end. (Variable light spotting and some light creasing.) Contemporary English half diced Russia gilt, spine gilt in compartments and lettered in one (a little rubbed and marked, extremities bumped and chipped, short split on upper joint). FIRST EDITION. Brunet III, col. 242; Cox I, p. 304; ESTCT87144; Lowndes pp.1079-1080.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1721-1793)
An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India. London: A. Strahan, T. Cadell and Edinburgh: E. Balfour, 1791. 4° (272 x 210mm). 2 engraved folding maps. (Occasional light spotting or marking.) Contemporary English speckled calf gilt, boards with 'greek-key' roll borders, gilt board-edges, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-piece (lightly rubbed and scuffed, corners lightly bumped, minor worming to foot of spine and joints). Provenance: occasional early pencilled annotations. FIRST EDITION. Brunet IV, col. 1332 (erroneously dated 1790); Lowndes p. 2107.
ABRAHAM HYACINTHE ANQUETIL-DUPERRON
Recherches historiques et gégraphiques sur l'Inde. Berlin: Pierre Bourdeaux for Johann Bernoulli III, 1786-1787. 2 parts in one volume, 4° (268 x 209mm). Letterpress title and part-titles. (Variable light spotting and browning, lacking maps and plates.) Brunet I, cols 302-303. (3)
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