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FITZCLARENCE, George Augustus Frederick, Earl of Munster (1794-1842). Journal of a Route across India, through Egypt, to England in the latter end of the year 1817, and the beginning of 1818. London: John Murray, 1819. 4°. Coloured aquatint frontispiece and 11 plates, all but 3 coloured, large folding engraved map, 6 plans and maps, 2 partly hand-coloured, errata slip tipped-in (lacking half title, b2 & b3 almost detached, marginal light spotting, some plates a little browned). Contemporary diced calf (rubbed and scuffed, small paint marks on spine). Provenance: "The gift of Mrs ?Gartside, 1819" (inscription pasted onto endpaper). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 519; Tooley 222.
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