Sale 8282
London, South Kensington
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11 February 1999
Price realised
GBP 34
Estimate
After Thomas Edward Bowdich Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee: The First Day of the Yam Custom, by R. Havell (Abbey Travel 279) coloured aquatint, wove paper, published W. Bulmer & Co. 1819, central vertical tear, surface dirt and lesser defects S. 8 x 28in (21 x 71cm)
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