A N T IQU ES & COL L ECTA BL ES 629. ◊ MAJOR SYMES., Michel., Relation de L’Ambassade Anglaise Envoyee En 1795 Dans Le Royaume D’Ava, Ou L’Empire Des Birmans Par le Major Michel Symes, ..., traduits De l’anglais avec des Notes, par J. Castera. Atlas volume only, Paris, chez F. Buisson, 1800, first French edition, library stamp to titles page, full page engraved map of the Burmese empire, folding engraved map of the Irrawaddy River by Thomas Wood, 28 engraved plates of monuments, people, botany and Burmese culture to include the taming of wild elephants, the Temple de SchoeMadou a Pegu and the ceromonial yacht of the Burmese Emperor, gilt dec. calf backed original dec. boards, folio £200-£300
632. ◊ NORDEN.,John., Speculi Britanniae Pars. A Topographical and Historical Description of Cornwall. By the Perambulation, View, and Delineation of John Norden London, 1728, engraved strapwork title page, dedication leaf, mileage chart, double page engraved map of Cornwall, ten double page engraved hundred maps and fourteen other engravings, 4to. marbled endpapers, without boards, pp 104., ex library £100-£200 633. ◊ TURNER., Samuel, Ambassade au Thibet et au Boutan., ... traduit de L’Anglais avcec des notes, par J. Castera Paris, F. Buisson, 1800, first French edition, plate volume only, fifteen engraved plates, including one folding engraved map, and two fold out, 4to, period calf back boards £100-£150
630. ◊ HELMAN., (-) Abrege Historique Des Principaux Traits De La Vie de Confucius Celebre Philosophe Chinois Paris, chez l’Auteur, de l’Academie de Lille en Flandre, [c.1785]. 24 engraved plates by Helman after original designs from China, text throughout, engraved title page, full calf, gilt dec. spine, large 8vo. £150-£200
631. ◊ LUDOLF, Hiob, A New History of Ethiopia, Being a Full and Accurate Description of the Kingdom of Abellina London, 1682, 1st English edition, seven engraved plates including six folding, a folding genealogical table and an engraved plate of the Ethiopian alphabet, lacking folding map, folio, full mottled calf boards, gilt tooled spine with five raised bands, marbled edges, bookplate for John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle (1750-1842), pp. 398 £200-£400
634. ◊ DAPPER, Olfert, Naukeurige Beschryving van Asie: Behelfende de Gewesten van Mesopotamie, Babylonie, Assyrie, Anatolie of Klein Asie Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1680, two volumes bound as one, engraved title page, title page printed in red and black, sixteen folding plates, folio, bound in full mottled calf with gilt tooled border and gilt stamped royal arms below ‘Military Depot’, richly gilt tooled spine with six raised bands £1000-£1500
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