ARABIA

ARABIA, EGYPT, ETC (Extra Illustrated copy): RWIN, EYLES: A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage Up the Red-Sea, on the Coasts of Arabia and Egypt, and a Route Through the Desarts of Thebais in the Year 1777; with a Supplement of a Voyage from Venice to Latichea: and of a route through the Desarts of Arabia by Aleppo, Bagdad and the Tygris to Bursrah in the Years 1780 and 1781 in Letters to a Lady; in 2 Volumes. Dodsley, 1787. This octavo edition in two volumes omitted the four sepia aquatints which appeared in the first quarto edition and was illustrated with 4 engravings on copper. This set however, has the earlier aquatints inserted in volume I as well as an extra aquatint in volume II. In addition the following maps are present as called for: Vol. I 'A View of the Town of Yambo on the Coast of Arabia"; "A Map of the Red Sea" (reinforced verso). Vol. II: "The Nile Valleyu'; 'Assyria'; 'Mesopotamia'; 'Babylonia' (torn and repaired); 'The Gulf of Catarro on the Coast of Dalmatia'; 5 maps in all. Full cont. calf with gilt borders and dentelles. Recent professional restoration and relaying of back strips with blind-tooled and gilt decoration raised band and twin labels in red and black. NB the back cover of volume I although of similar age has been taken from another volume and has a small gilt armorial motif appearing upside down: the gilt border and dentelles are of a different design but the whole restoration of the set has been very successful. The three armorial bookplates have been relaid on new marbled endpapers. One of the bookplates is that of the author - Irwin of Brooke (with a note to that effect, in a contemporary hand). A note in the same hand appears under the frontis engraved portrait of Irwin and reads 'Bartolozzi fecit'. This is an extra plate inserted after publication. Given the additional insertions, inscriptions and bookplate it is possible that this set was owned by the author or someone closely connected. pp xvi, 387; (ii), 401 (2)

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Auction: Fine Interiors (including Books) - Two Day Sale (DAY ONE), 12th Mar, 2019

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