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Lot 677 · Exploration & Discovery 1576-1939: The Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching Part 2, D-J

journey from india, towards england, in the year 1797; by a route commonly called over-land, through countries not much frequented, and many of them hitherto unknown to europeans, particularly between the rivers euphrates and tigris, through curdistan, diarbek, armenia, and natolia, in asia; and through romalia, bulgaria, wallachia, transylvania, &c. london: printed for t. cadell, jun. and w. davies, 1799

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£400–£600 hammer ≈ $648–$971
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Exploration & Discovery 1576-1939: The Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching Part 2, D-J, London · 30 September 2014
Dimensions
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (215 x 125mm.), xvi, 278pp., [ii pp. adverts], folding engraved map, 5 engraved plates, contemporary red half morocco, blue marbled boards
Record ID
TB-2026-4285247
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journey from india, towards england, in the year 1797; by a route commonly called over-land, through countries not much frequented, and many of them hitherto unknown to europeans, particularly between the rivers euphrates and tigris, through curdistan, diarbek, armenia, and natolia, in asia; and through romalia, bulgaria, wallachia, transylvania, &c. london: printed for t. cadell, jun. and w. davies, 1799. Sotheby's, 30 Sep 2014, lot 677. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4285247.

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journey from india, towards england, in the year 1797; by a route commonly called over-land, through countries not much frequented, and many of them hitherto unknown to europeans, particularly between the rivers euphrates and tigris, through curdistan, diarbek, armenia, and natolia, in asia; and through romalia, bulgaria, wallachia, transylvania, &c. london: printed for t. cadell, jun. and w. davies, 1799. Sotheby's, 30 Sep 2014, lot 677. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4285247.

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