Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 519

Samuel Holmes - Voyage en Chine, 2 Bde. 1805


519
Samuel Holmes
Voyage en Chine, 2 Bde. 1805
Estimate:
€ 500 / $ 535
Sold:
€ 408 / $ 436
(incl. surcharge)
Holmes, [S.], Voyage en Chine et en Tatarie, a la suite de l`ambassade de Lord Macartney. 2 vols. With 1 folding copper map and 51 copper plates (by S. Simon after M. W. Alexander). Paris, Delance et Lesueur 1805. Contemp. half calf with gilt spine. 8vo. 2 ll., XLV, 171 pp.; 2 ll., 188 pp.
Monglond VI, 1122ff. - Cordier Sp. 2387. - Berger p. 228 - Borba de Moraes I, 412. - Colas 1472. - Hiler p. 444. - First French edition. - The plates show, among others, views of Madeira, Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, St. Helena, Java, Sumatra and Cochin-China. - 1 plate loosened, bindings with traces of scrapes.



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Samuel Holmes
Voyage en Chine, 2 Bde. 1805
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€ 408 / $ 436
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