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36 Meyer (Dr. Hans). Ostafrikanische Gletscherfahrten, 1st edition, Lepzig, 1890, colour frontispiece (small marginal chip), two maps (folding map at end with closed tear along one fold), photogravure and mounted half-tone plates, a little light toning, original green pictorial cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, 8vo Neate M92. Meyer’s account of his successful ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro in 1889. (1) £150-200
37 Nugent (Thomas). The Grand Tour. Containing an Exact Description of most of the Cities, Towns, and Remarkable Places of Europe. Together with a Distinct Account of the Post-Roads and Stages, with their Respective Distances..., 4 volumes, 1st edition, 1749, all edges gilt, contemporary panelled calf, gilt decorated spines lacking some title labels, joints cracked and spines worn at head and foot, 12mo, together with Duppa (Richard), A Brief Account of the Subversion of the Papal Government. 1798, 2nd edition, London: G.G. and J. Robinson, 1799, four engraved plates, folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline and folding plan of Rome, some toning and scattered spotting, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine with green morocco title label, joints cracked and a little wear to extremities, 8vo (5)
£150-200
38 Ogilby (John). Asia, the First Part, being an Accurate Description of Persia, and the Several Provinces thereof. The Vast Empire of the Great Mogol and other Parts of India: and their Several Kingdoms and Regions, 1st edition, printed by the author, 1673, additional engraved title page, letterpress title page in red and black, dedication leaf, 14 engraved folding maps or views, 15 full-page engraved plates (of 17), numerous engraved vignettes in text, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials; bound without leaves 2K4-2M4 (index), toning, variable dust- and finger-soiling, occasional contemporary ink-splashes and other marks, tiny intermittent worm-track in upper outer corners, engraved title trimmed and mounted, old repairs to closed tears in letterpress title, text-leaves B3, B6, T3 and 2K3, and to versos of a few plates in lower margins, 2G1 with a closed tear in gutter and a small spill-burn in text, 2I2 with a repaired chip in fore margin just touching a few letters verso, last few leaves frayed and damp-stained, modern calf-backed marbled boards, folio in 4s (38 x 24cm) Cox I p. 275 (‘Although the title page reads “First Part,” this volume is complete in itself’); Wing O166. (1) £700-1000
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39 Pardoe (Julia). The Beauties of the Bosphorus, Illustrated in a Series of Views of Constantinople and its Environs, 2 volumes, published George Virtue, 1838, additional decorative title, one uncoloured engraved map and seventy-eight (only) engraved plates, very slight spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco with gilt decorated spines and boards, worn and rubbed at extremities, 4to, together with Bartlett (William), The Danube: Its History, Scenery and Topography..., published Virtue and Co., circa 1840, portrait frontispiece, additional decorative title, two engraved maps and seventy-four (only) engraved plates, some water staining and slight spotting throughout, near contemporary cloth gilt, worn, 4to, with approximately 110 engraved views, most from the above two publications, occasional duplicates, various sizes and condition Sold as a collection of prints, not subject to return. (approx.110)
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£100-150